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• Isabella Vanlaeken, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Elisabeth Staes, Retie († 1829)
• Anna Aleidis Backer (Bakker), Laar, Neder Saksen, Duitsland († 1811)
• Caspert Maltha († 1844)
• Adriana Boogaart, Sint Annaland († 1845)
• Anna Bryan
• Isabella Vanlaecken, Oostende, België († 1872)
• Anna Maria Schaken, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Henricus Overkamp, Nijmegen († 1856)
• Georg Schreiber, Puderbach, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1837)

• Anna Catharina CRAYE (64), Roborst,9630,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Alof Wolsink (49), Doetinchem
• Anna Clara Daems, Lier, België
• Elisabet VAN STRALEN (48), Vianen, Gemeente Vianen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Eilisabeth Ariens Oosterwijk (5), Sluipwijk
• Julian Francis Mergaert, Mannekensvere
• Lijsbeth van ZIJVERDEN (39), Aalsmeer
• Isabella Theresia Deprez (0), Ichtegem
• Elisabeth van Straalen (47), Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Löbs (60), Csátalja, 6523, Magyarország

• 1724 » Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author († 1801)
• 1759 » Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official († 1796)
• 1777 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician († 1849)
• 1796 » Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime († 1846)
• 1800 » Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic († 1882)
• 1803 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, co-designed the USS Princeton and the Novelty Locomotive († 1889)
• 1816 » George Henry Thomas, American general († 1870)
• 1826 » William S. Clark, American colonel and politician († 1886)
• 1835 » Henri Brisson, French lawyer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of France († 1912)
• 1835 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and explorer († 1903)

• 1693 » Willem Kalf, Dutch still life painter (b. 1619)
• 1726 » Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1695)
• 1750 » John V, king of Portugal (b. 1689)
• 1762 » Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (b. 1711)
• 1781 » John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (b. 1719)
• 1784 » Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (b. 1713)
• 1805 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)
• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)

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 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

The temperature on July 31, 1779 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken.