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• , Hallum († 1862)
• Adrianus Smouts, Oostmalle
• Catharina Looijschelder, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1821)
• Benjamin Heuli, Lokeren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1856)
• Catharina Looijschelder(Lootschelders), Nijmegen, Prov.Gelderland, Niederlande († 1821)
• Dina Johannesdr van den Boomgaard, Kruiningen
• Hendrik Jans Rorije, Heerde, Nederland († 1838)
• Franciscus Herinx, Asten (Nl/Nb)
• Engelberta van Spaandonck, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Kivits, Well, Gelderland, Nederland († 1862)

• *Stephen Solly (67), Ash-near-Sandwich, Kent, England
• Catherine Joseph Lor (50), Caullery, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
• Anne Laurentij Penneborgh (71), Loon op Zand (NL)
• Gertrud Lückel (1), Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Maria Laureijs Walraven Peijnenborch (71), Udenhout, NB, Nederland
• Adriana Le(e)verings, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Françoise Heuzé (67), Sassetot-le-Mauconduit,76663,Seine-Maritime,Haute-Normandie,FRANCE
• Frances Egerton LLOYD (33), Clifton, Nottinghamshire
• Adam van den Akker (1), 't Woudt, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Laureijs Walraven Peijnenburg (71), Udenhout, Nederland

• 1723 » Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator († 1790)
• 1751 » Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen († 1827)
• 1764 » Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer († 1837)
• 1771 » Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer († 1806)
• 1786 » Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer († 1832)
• 1798 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist († 1895)
• 1800 » Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York († 1866)
• 1816 » Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument († 1888)
• 1825 » Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic († 1904)
• 1829 » Thomas Hill, American painter († 1908)

• 1677 » James Harrington, English philosopher and author (b. 1611)
• 1680 » Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
• 1721 » Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
• 1733 » François Couperin, French organist and composer (b. 1668)
• 1760 » Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (b. 1704)
• 1823 » David Ricardo, English economist and politician (b. 1772)
• 1843 » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1865 » Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
• 1896 » Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (b. 1825)

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.
• 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.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• 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 September 11, 1779 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.