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• Christina Bakker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Dirk de Bruin, Bunschoten
• Dirk de VOGEL, Dordrecht
• Antonius van Melis, Gemert
• Antje Sipkes Algera, Tietjerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Carolina Verkruijsen, Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Barbara Neels, Melsele, België
• Adrianus Ludovici, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Van Craen, Schriek (Heist op den Berg)
• Adrianus Jochoms, Wuustwezel

• Gerardus Groenendijk (56), Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Vergote (74), Torhout,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Bartholomeus Martinusz BOOT (30)
• Adelaïde Josephe Nollet (5), faubourg de la Barre, Lille, 59 (F)
• Faes Lucia Adriana (42), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Arnoldus van Gastel (59), Oudenbosch (NL)
• Aagje Ariens Kleinendorst (64), De Mijl, Krabbe en Nadort
• Claasje van Veen, Enkhuizen
• Annegien Reynts Smit (71), Hoogeveen, Netherlands
• Blasius van den Camp (61), Bingelrade, Limburg, Nederland

• 1753 » John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall († 1837)
• 1758 » Hannah Webster Foster, American author († 1840)
• 1786 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico († 1854)
• 1786 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician († 1860)
• 1788 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and author († 1868)
• 1793 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist († 1834)
• 1801 » Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner († 1881)
• 1821 » William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia († 1897)
• 1836 » Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician († 1906)
• 1839 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls († 1912)

• 1669 » Henrietta Maria of France (b. 1609)
• 1676 » Gerrard Winstanley, English activist (b. 1609)
• 1748 » Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
• 1749 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
• 1759 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (b. 1703)
• 1797 » Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (b. 1759)
• 1842 » Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1842 » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (b. 1792)
• 1851 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American minister and educator (b. 1787)
• 1867 » Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1788)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Joannes
5. Cornelis
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)
• January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
• 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 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

The temperature on September 10, 1779 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: omtrent helder.