About the day » Monday August 9, 1779Calender converter

• Adriaantje Nachenius, Hagestein, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van den Muijzenberg, Princenhage
• Aaltje Kral, Ommelanderwijk († 1857)
• Catharina Peerdaems, Putte († 1833)
• Betsey Robinson Grimes, Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America († 1863)
• Anna Maria van den Muijsenberg
• Anna Maria van de Muijsenberg, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Akkermans, Bergen op Zoom
• Christine Weber, Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Gertrudis van Soest, Grubbenvorst († 1815)

• Cornelia Dirkse Mik (Micq) (55), Sluipwijk
• Lena Romein (79), Willemstad (NB, NL)
• Cornelia Dirks de Mik (55), Sluipwijk, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Marguerite STUDER (7), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Meeuwes Jansen Bouw, Otterlo gem. Ede
• Meeuwis Janssen Bouw (52), Otterlo (GL)
• Leena Willemsd ROMIJN (79), Willemstad
• Catharina Veter, Den Helder
• Jean Joseph Basteyns (0), Sint Truiden, prov. Limburg (B)
• Marie Anne Ego (70), Troisvilles (F)

• 1722 » Prince Augustus William of Prussia († 1758)
• 1726 » Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician († 1778)
• 1748 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher († 1809)
• 1757 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton († 1854)
• 1757 » Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge († 1834)
• 1776 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist († 1856)
• 1783 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia († 1801)
• 1788 » Adoniram Judson, American missionary and lexicographer († 1850)
• 1797 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and surveyor († 1855)
• 1805 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician († 1860)

• 1634 » William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577)
• 1720 » Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (b. 1678)
• 1744 » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673)
• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)

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. 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)
• February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• 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 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

The temperature on August 9, 1779 was about 17.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: donker stofregen regen.