About the day » Monday April 19, 1779Calender converter

• Augustinus Dobbelaere, Vinderhoute († 1779)
• Emmanuel Joseph CARTON, Deux-Acren, 55007, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aalbert Willemsen van Malkenhorst, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1857)
• Euphemia de Leur, Kethel († 1859)
• Albertus Willem Teerlinck, Kruiningen
• Adriaan Raijmakers, Veghel (N.Br) († 1827)
• Freitje van der Vecht († 1841)
• Cornelis Straathof, Nieuwe Wetering, Hollande († 1802)
• Carolina Justina jkvr van Weede, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1837)
• Elisabetha Melis, Herentals

• Dominique Dupont (0), Mons, Henegouwen, België
• JACOBUS MAES (74), Klerken,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Franz Joseph Graf von Plettenberg (65)
• Gerardus Henricus Schulder (2), Baak
• Johanna Maria van Beurden (5), Tilburg
• Antonius van Dalen (3), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Isabella BULCKE, Ramskapelle (Brugge),8301,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Joannis Baptista Sanctes (54), Lovendegem
• Jan Cornelisz van Heerwaarden (1), Den Burg, Texel
• Jan van Heerwaarden (1), Den Burg, Texel

• 1734 » Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian violinist and composer († 1786)
• 1757 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician († 1833)
• 1758 » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral († 1831)
• 1785 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer († 1858)
• 1787 » Deaf Smith, American soldier († 1837)
• 1793 » Ferdinand I of Austria († 1875)
• 1806 » Sarah Bagley, American labor organizer († 1889)
• 1814 » Louis Amédée Achard, French journalist and author († 1875)
• 1832 » José Echegaray, Spanish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)
• 1835 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist († 1888)

• 1733 » Elizabeth Hamilton, countess of Orkney (b. 1657)
• 1739 » Nicholas Saunderson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1682)
• 1768 » Canaletto, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1697)
• 1776 » Jacob Emden, German rabbi and author (b. 1697)
• 1791 » Richard Price, Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1813 » Benjamin Rush, American physician and educator (b. 1745)
• 1824 » Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1788)
• 1831 » Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1765)
• 1833 » James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1756)
• 1840 » Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (b. 1777)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Joannes
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. Antje
12. Aaltje
13. Elizabeth
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)
• January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
• February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on April 19, 1779 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.