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• Grietje Klaas' Kramer, Urk († 1842)
• Hendrik MESSELINK, Hengelo (Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• Arnoldus Nillesen, Ledeacker, Nederland († 1830)
• Arnout baron van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1835)
• Antonia Oijens, Made en Drimmelen († 1850)
• Grietje Klaasdr Kramer, Urk († 1842)
• grietje klaas kramer, Urk († 1842)
• Arnout baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1835)
• Arnout (baron) van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Rotterdam († 1835)
• Engbert Jans Dommerholt, Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland

• Egidius Adam VANDERSMISSEN, Aalst, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Gerardus Wolters, Elten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Jacob Dirkse Bom (35), Monster
• Frans Pieters Vergers (40), Haarlem
• Frans Pietersz Vergers (40), Haarlem
• Jacobus Bossers (1), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Isaac Winans (70), New York, New York
• Frans Vergers, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Andeweg (0), Numansdorp
• Ary van Adrighem (75), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1727 » Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer († 1810)
• 1745 » Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States († 1807)
• 1758 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general († 1820)
• 1762 » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1833)
• 1780 » Charles Nodier, French librarian and author († 1844)
• 1783 » David Cox, English landscape painter († 1859)
• 1784 » Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts († 1850)
• 1810 » Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author († 1892)
• 1814 » Sadok Barącz, Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist († 1892)
• 1818 » Alexander II of Russia († 1881)

• 1698 » Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (b. 1655)
• 1707 » George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)
• 1743 » Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French theorist and author (b. 1658)
• 1768 » Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
• 1771 » Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace (b. 1700)
• 1776 » Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)
• 1793 » John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
• 1798 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)
• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)

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.
• 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 13 » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
• 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.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.

The temperature on April 29, 1780 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.