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• Anne COUARD, Donzy (58-Nièvre), France († 1822)
• Antonie FRANTZEN, Breda († 1863)
• Bernhard Harth, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Maria Schmidmeister, Vaskút, 6521, Magyarország († 1849)
• Carolina Van de Walle, Schorisse († 1779)
• Arnold van der Schoot, Bree († 1832)
• Anna Christina Kraus, Düsseldorf, Bilk, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Berendina EPPINK, Varsseveld, Gelderland, NEDERLAND († 1839)
• Adrianus van Haesenbroek, Hoevenen, Belgie († 1854)
• Arnold VAN DER SCHOOT, Bree, Limburg, Netherlands

• Gerben Eeltjes Cortrijk (35), Warga (Boornsterhem) (NL)
• Cornelia Tramper (58), Kruiningen, Nederland
• Jonathan Dearborn * (87), Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
• Catharina Copper (72), Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• Joannes\Jan Adriaan J. BEEX BECKX (0), Casteren (NL/NB) Hoogeloon (NL/NB)
• Gerben Eeltjes Kortrijk (35), Warga
• Joannes Beckx (0), Casteren
• Geertruid Coolhaes (62), Veen, Netherlands
• François Joseph ARNITZ (0), Pont-d'Aspach, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Joannes Beex, Casteren

• 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)

• 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.
• 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.
• September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

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