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• Andries Jans Dragt, Stad Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland († 1855)
• Adriana Nobele, Raamsdonk († 1856)
• Anthonij van Munster, Overschie († 1779)
• Aaltje Hendriks de Lange
• Adriana Nobele, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1856)
• Cornelia Dingjan, Leiden († 1819)
• Adrianus Van de Poel, Olen, België († 1855)
• Amelia McClaskey
• Annigjen Jans Haakschop, Veendam, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1859)
• Albina Hoopes, Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania († 1839)

• Geertje Aartse Boele (34)
• Hilleken Sweers, Wehl
• Gijsbert van der Laan (69), waarder (zuid holland)
• Alarda Cornelia van Romondt (65), Utrecht
• Carlotta Caetani (60), Napoli, Italie
• Helen Whitten (47), Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
• Antje Gerrits den Dubbelden (59)
• Benoit BERTHOLON (80), Tramolé,38300,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Gijsbert van der Laan (60), Waarder
• Livinus Pijnaert (11), Landegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
• 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
• 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
• 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
• 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
• 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
• 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
• 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
• 1862 » Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist († 1957)

• 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)

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)
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, 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.
• August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on April 24, 1779 was about 8.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen hagel.