About the day » Thursday May 13, 1779Calender converter

• Aldert Jans Alderts, Peize († 1834)
• Allert (Aldert, Albert) Jans Alderts, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1834)
• Alexander Evertsz, Curaçao, Ned. Antillen († 1848)
• Anna Maria Fass, Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1779)
• Antje de Vos, Delft († 1829)
• Alida Middendorp, Bergambacht, Gemeente Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Elisabeth SCHANEN, Schweich, L8562 († 1813)
• alexandrine JOLY, Quaregnon (Belgium) († 1855)
• Adriana Johanna Rosierse, Dordrecht, Nederland
• Aart van Lunteren, Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1866)

• Antje Sjerps (44), Jorwerd, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anthonis Plancken (68), Oosterhout
• Anna Kaal (0), Groesbeek
• Heinrich XXIV Reuß zu Ebersdorf (55)
• Anna Anthonis PLANCKEN (68), Oosterhout
• Antje Sjerps (44), Jorwerd, Friesland, Nederland
• James C Crafton 6 E (69), Lunenberg Co, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Geesjen HESSELS (29), Makkinga, Oldeberkoop, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Heinrich XXlV von Reuß-Ebersdorf (geboren Reuß), Graf Reuß zu Ebersdorf. E2 (55), Ebersdorf, Reuß, Deutschland
• Hendrik XXIV Reuss Graaf van Ebersdorf (55), Ebersdorf, Thüringen

• 1730 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1782)
• 1735 » Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer († 1821)
• 1742 » Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen († 1798)
• 1753 » Lazare Carnot, French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1823)
• 1792 » Pope Pius IX († 1878)
• 1794 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter († 1835)
• 1795 » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and chronologist († 1875)
• 1811 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1859)
• 1822 » Francis, Duke of Cádiz († 1902)
• 1830 » Zebulon Baird Vance, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of North Carolina († 1894)

• 1704 » Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and author (b. 1632)
• 1726 » Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Italian singer (b. 1659)
• 1782 » Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736)
• 1807 » Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Beilby Porteus, English bishop (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
• 1835 » John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
• 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)

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 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar 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 May 13, 1779 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.