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• Anne Gertrude DEFAUWE, AUBEL, Liège, Belgique
• Anna Maria Haas
• Annegje, Anna Vermeij, Woerden († 1859)
• Adrianus van Hazenbroek, Hoevenen, België († 1854)
• David Daniel Lyon († 1875)
• Arnoldus van der Schoot, Bree († 1832)
• Arnold VAN DER SCHOOT, Bree, Limburg, Netherlands
• Barelt Fiebes (Febes), Bellingwolde
• Berlindus Detroy († 1842)
• Catharina Hettes Renema, Rien, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1826)

• Gilles TRIBALLEAU (68), Sallertaine, 85300, France
• Anna Catharina Sebrechts (81), Wechelderzande (België)
• Joannes Beckx (0), Casteren
• Dirkje de Groot (5)
• Anna Gertrud Pütz (3), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Judoca Maria Marijs (38), Temse
• Anna Catharina SEBRECHTS (81), Wechelderzande, Antwerpen, België
• Catharina Copper (72), Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jacob Herr Brubacher (58), Manheim Township, PA
• Hermanus Van Bel (51), Tessenderlo-Limburg, België

• 1718 » Paul Rabaut, French pastor († 1794)
• 1737 » Thomas Paine, prominent for publishing Common Sense (1776), which established him as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States († 1809)
• 1749 » Christian VII of Denmark († 1808)
• 1754 » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio († 1806)
• 1756 » Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia († 1818)
• 1761 » Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1849)
• 1782 » Daniel Auber, French composer († 1871)
• 1801 » Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor († 1857)
• 1810 » Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic († 1893)
• 1810 » Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter († 1862)

• 1678 » Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
• 1706 » Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
• 1737 » George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)
• 1743 » André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)
• 1763 » Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)

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 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 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 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar 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.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on January 29, 1779 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist.