About the day » Monday January 18, 1779Calender converter

• Albertien Alberts Stokvis, IJhorst, Staphorst, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1835)
• Barbara Tilmans (Tak Geulle) Uikhoven, Geulle (L)
• Albertjen Roelofs Stokvis, IJhorst, Overijssel, Nederland († 1835)
• Bartje Wagenvoort, Voorst († 1822)
• Abigail Longfellow († 1869)
• Alida de ROER, Amsterdam, Kerk De Star
• Anna Benjamins Noordover, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1849)
• Aaltien Zegering, De Hool (Sleen) († 1857)
• Anna Elisabeth Hupkens, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1780)
• Barend Bastiaansz STREEFKERK, Strijen

• Arnoldus Verhaegh (78), Baarlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Alexander DHONDT (37), Oostkerke,8340,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Alexandre DHONDT, Oostkerke-Bij-Brugge,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Elisabeth Manders (2), Bergeijk, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
• Floris Herms Sul (44), Schokland, Overijssel, Netherlands
• André van Spoelberch (0), Leuven, Brabant, Vlaanderen
• Gosewin (Gosen) Isaaksz van Pipping, Amersfoort
• Cornelia Willemsen (78), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hannes Teunisz van Duijvenbode (75), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Wouter De Weert (61), Dongen,,Nederland

• 1743 » Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher († 1803)
• 1751 » Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer († 1831)
• 1752 » John Nash, English architect († 1835)
• 1764 » Samuel Whitbread, English politician († 1815)
• 1779 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian († 1869)
• 1782 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1793 » Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire († 1847)
• 1815 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar († 1874)
• 1835 » César Cui, Russian general, composer, and critic († 1918)
• 1840 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and author († 1921)

• 1677 » Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
• 1756 » Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
• 1783 » Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
• 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)

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)
• February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 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.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on January 18, 1779 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder.