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• Arnolda Veldwijk, Amersfoort († 1780)
• Aaltje Hendriks Beute, Oudehaske († 1866)
• Afke Meinderts de Jong, Nes, Dongeradeel (Friesland) († 1837)
• Anna Maria Hendriks Frederiks, Arnhem
• Arend WINKEL, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1852)
• Anna Maria Hendriks Frederiks, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Tiele | Tiel, Nederweert († 1813)
• Aaltje Hendriks Beute, Oudehaske, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)
• Aafjen Hilberts Moes, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland († 1857)
• Aafke de Jong

• Catharine Krieckels (69), Wijnandsrade
• Abraham Philips Trijtel (42), Amsterdam
• Arij Leeflang (53), Kralingen, 3061, Nederland
• Anna Barbara HEINTZ, Niederhausen aan de Appel, Pfalz(D)
• Elizabeth Kirby (95), Scrayingham, North Yorkshire, UK
• Cornelia Harps, Grathem (L)
• Jean Lescure (51), Brageac, Cantal, France
• Dijmphna Van Soom (39), Oud en Nieuw Gastel (NL)
• Arij Hendrikszn Leevlang (53), Kralingen
• Anna Elisabeth FEDERKEIL (44), Fürth, Osterthal, Saarland

• 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
• 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
• 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
• 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
• 1803 » Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author († 1811)
• 1809 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician († 1865)
• 1812 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar († 1885)
• 1815 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ († 1905)
• 1834 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician († 1911)
• 1841 » Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada († 1908)

• 1683 » Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
• 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)

• 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)
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• 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 January 15, 1779 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.