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• Anna Maria Cremers, St. Anthonis Oploo
• Adriana Josephus Bom, Hazerswoude, Rijnwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Teunisse van der Lugt, Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Adriana Van den Broeck, Vorselaar,, Antwerpen, België († 1783)
• Adriana Bom, Hazerswoude
• Anna Berendina Martens van Renes, Bennekom
• Aleida Verbeek, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabetha BERNHARD, Puberg,67290,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE († 1836)
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• Alida Johanna Galiaert, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1783)

• Joannes Francis Staelen (3), Klerken
• Cornelius William DeHart (71), Amity, Berks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Cornelia Meyvis (4), Wortel, Antwerpen, België
• Jacques Jean Dieperinck (1), Brugge
• Isabelle Martin (69)
• Ambrosius Peeters van den Eynde (75), Asten,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrik van Hiel (18), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jean François MARSY (76), Lestrem,62502,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Joannes BEIRENS, Turnhout
• Ambrosius Lambertus van SOMEREN (75), Asten, 3287, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1720 » Richard Hurd, English bishop († 1808)
• 1749 » Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright († 1825)
• 1787 » John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts († 1854)
• 1804 » Paul Gavarni, French illustrator († 1866)
• 1805 » Thomas Dyer, American lawyer and politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago († 1862)
• 1808 » Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States († 1873)
• 1810 » Ernestine Rose, American suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker († 1892)
• 1812 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic († 1883)
• 1832 » Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist († 1899)
• 1845 » Félix Tisserand, French astronomer and academic († 1896)

• 1691 » George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
• 1717 » Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)
• 1775 » Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (b. 1693)
• 1790 » Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, French admiral (b. 1712)
• 1796 » John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)
• 1832 » Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founded Lord's Cricket Ground (b. 1755)
• 1838 » Ferdinand Ries, German pianist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1860 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician (b. 1786)
• 1864 » Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
• 1872 » William Scamp, English architect and engineer (b. 1801)

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)
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• 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.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

The temperature on January 13, 1779 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: ijzelig geheel betrokken.