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• Arent Fokkes Bosscher, Termunten (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Casper Langen, Laten, Lathen, Emsland († 1821)
• Antje Cornelis Kooijman († 1815)
• Anna Maria Paelmer († 1847)
• Cornelia Jansen Teunissen, Bahr en Lathum († 1783)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus van Beurden, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1865)
• Bernhard Joseph Eschweiler, Duren-Echtz, Rheinland. Dld († 1848)
• Ahasuerus van Hattem
• Dirk Kooper, Amsterdam
• Catharina Melis, Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1810)

• François de Ferrières de Sauvebœuf (63), château du Moulin d'Arnac, Nonards, Corrèze, France
• Carel August van Wulcknitz (59), 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, The Hague, La Haye), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Christoph Elias Lauppe (49), Dürnau, Donaukreis, Württemberg, Germany
• Adrianus De Schryver (0), Denderhoutem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Carl August von Wülcknitz (59), Den Haag, Nederland
• Gottfried Kriebel (61), Göllschau, Goldberg-Haynau, Schlesien
• Beatrix (Jatens) Hogeveen (72), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth FARNABY (62), Kings Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• Egidus (Gillis) Breugelmans (27), Scherpenheuvel
• Anna Catharina Leemans

• 1780 » Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince († 1860)
• 1782 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States († 1850)
• 1789 » Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor († 1871)
• 1798 » Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher († 1872)
• 1800 » Harriet Smithson, Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz († 1854)
• 1813 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright († 1864)
• 1814 » Jacob Bunn, American businessman († 1897)
• 1819 » James McCulloch, Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria († 1893)
• 1820 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy († 1891)
• 1823 » Antoine Chanzy, French general († 1883)

• 1675 » Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
• 1689 » John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
• 1745 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
• 1768 » Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
• 1781 » Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. John
14. Jean
15. Klaas
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Joanna
9. Trijntje
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
• March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
• March 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
• May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
• October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.

The temperature on March 18, 1780 was about 12.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.