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• Dirk van Zetten, Ommeren († 1841)
• Derck Koenen, Ottersum, Gennep, Limburg, The Netherlands († 1832)
• Derck Koenen, Ottersum († 1840)
• Antonio Corrêa da Silva, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Elisabeth van Lieshout, Lieshout, Nederland († 1780)
• Christianus Bongaers, Maasniel, Nederland († 1844)
• Dijmpna Vosters, Reusel
• Christiaan Bongaerts, Maasniel († 1844)
• Barbara Dorothea Thermote, Torhout West-Vlaanderen België († 1858)
• Catharina Kleefeld, Reichenberg bei Wernegitten, Kr.Heilsberg († 1780)

• Gertrudis DAWANS (66), Batsheers,, Belgique
• Jan Everts Valkenborg (73), Warnsveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Jan Simons van Hulten (71), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jannetje Gerritse Vogelaar (63), Ridderkerk, Nederland
• Eugenia Cecilia Butaye (0), Krombeke, West Vlaanderen, België
• Dirk Teunisz Botterblom (58), Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hermanus Scheepers (0), Heel
• Benjamin Clement (80), Burial-Clement Hill, Pittsylvania, Virginia
• Arien (Adriaan) Roken Verspuij, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hermanus Scheepers (0), Heel

• 1740 » Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician († 1810)
• 1759 » Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer († 1823)
• 1771 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg († 1820)
• 1772 » David Ricardo, British economist and politician († 1823)
• 1794 » William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams († 1863)
• 1797 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France († 1877)
• 1813 » James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author († 1865)
• 1819 » Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist († 1874)
• 1819 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor († 1895)
• 1838 » Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic († 1912)

• 1689 » George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1648)
• 1732 » Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)
• 1742 » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)
• 1763 » Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1796 » Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1732)
• 1802 » Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)

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)
• March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
• May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
• September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
• October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
• October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
• December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

The temperature on April 18, 1780 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.