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• Adriana Cornelius Prop, Essen (Belgie
• Aaltje Bonestroo, Nunspeet
• Adriana PROP, Nispen-Essen († 1781)
• "Rijkje" Karelsen van Twillert, Nijkerk,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1813)
• Berend Bent, Bredevoort, Aalten, Gelderland, Dutch Republic († 1854)
• Aart Karssen, Harderwijk
• Adriana Suijkerbuijk, Huibergen, België
• Aart Karssen, Harderwijk
• Casparus Antonius Hellermann, Herhagen
• Anne Marie Ramhorst, Bokel, Halle, Westfalen, Preußen, Deutschland († 1857)

• Dorothea Engelen, Maasbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Iersel (72), Udenhout
• Dorothéa Thérésia VAN COSTENOBEL, Roulers,, France
• Bijtje Adriaens (53), Huijsen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Biela Lustigh (50), Huizen
• Ann Ridge (81), Froyle, Hampshire, England
• Cornelius Aertgeerts (25), Heist op den Berg
• Bijtje Adriaens (53), Huijzen
• Bijtje adriaens Lustigh (veerman)? (53), Huijsen
• August Willem van Rheden (57), Rheden, Nedersaksen

• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)
• 1827 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time († 1915)
• 1830 » Albert Bierstadt, American painter († 1902)
• 1831 » Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union († 1897)
• 1832 » James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria († 1908)

• 1694 » Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)
• 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
• 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
• 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
• 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)

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

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

• 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 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• May 13 » War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
• June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

The temperature on January 7, 1779 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.