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• Anna Elisabetha Reffeltrath, Ronsdorf (D)
• Flora Dijna Bax, Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Bens, Doetinchem († 1850)
• Fokke Everts, Gerkesklooster, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Meinen Kwikkelo, Steenwijkerwold († 1823)
• Delia Stirling Forbes, Dunfries, Prince William County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1841)
• Evert Zwier ROETERINK, Haarle († 1854)
• Franciscus Joannes DECLOEDT, Aartrijke († 1855)
• Christoper Johan Waltzer, Somero, Finland
• Erryt Wybrands, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

• Anna Elisabeth HAFKENSCHEIDT, Beverwijk
• Jannetje Jans (66), Urk
• Arij Boeff (28), Rotterdam
• Havik Jans TIMME (40), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna MOORS (79), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Marinus Jacobs Lindhout (55), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Marinus Lindhout (55), Oud-Vossemeer
• johannis grofsmit (18), amsterdam
• Petrus Van Dorpe (72), Nederbrakel,9660,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE
• Paulus Godefridus van der Voort, Makassar

• 1712 » Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay († 1779)
• 1730 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company († 1795)
• 1803 » Peter Chanel, French priest and saint († 1841)
• 1807 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic († 1893)
• 1813 » Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic († 1878)
• 1817 » Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska († 1899)
• 1817 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher († 1862)
• 1821 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic († 1889)
• 1824 » Eugène Boudin, French painter († 1898)
• 1828 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic († 1889)

• 1691 » Marquis de St Ruth, French general
• 1693 » John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (b. 1626)
• 1742 » Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)
• 1749 » Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)
• 1773 » Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (b. 1697)
• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)

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 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
• April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
• October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
• October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
• October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
• November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

The temperature on July 12, 1780 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.