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• Anna Maria van WEESEL, Sommelsdijk
• Aafijn Jans Gnodde
• Anna Bartelds Swieringa, Zandeweer, 9997, Nederland († 1832)
• Adriaan Verspoor, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Jans SCHUTTE, Vollenhove († 1851)
• Adrien van den ASSEM, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1839)
• Abraham Levie APPEL, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1830)
• Anna Catharina De Sme(d)t, Breendonk,, Antwerpen, België († 1862)
• Aaltjen Jans Kloesen, Pesse, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1832)
• Aaltje Harryts van Dijk, Anjum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1835)

• Jacobus Van Keer (30), Malderen
• Louise Renée BENETEAU (45), Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, 85270, France
• Anna Catharina Delheye (2), Klerken
• Jacobus Van Keer (30), Malderen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
• Coenraat Lubeek (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Johann Peter KARHAUSEN (59), Aachen,,,Bardenberg-Würselen,Rheinland
• Dirk van Bockum (62), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Michiels Van Der BIEZE (42), Leeuwarden
• Hendrik van Broekhuijzen, Purmerend
• Louis Michel (75), Brouennes, Meuse, Grand Est, France

• 1752 » Gouverneur Morris, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France († 1816)
• 1759 » François Devienne, French flute player and composer († 1803)
• 1769 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute († 1823)
• 1785 » Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová, Czech cook book author († 1845)
• 1797 » Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer († 1828)
• 1799 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist († 1846)
• 1820 » William B. Washburn, American politician, 28th Governor of Massachusetts († 1887)
• 1835 » Lunalilo of Hawaii († 1874)
• 1854 » David Emmanuel, Romanian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1865 » Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist († 1940)

• 1720 » Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1654)
• 1729 » Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)
• 1736 » Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect and set designer, designed the Basilica of Superga (b. 1678)
• 1790 » Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1718)
• 1794 » Mariot Arbuthnot, English admiral and politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1711)
• 1811 » Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (b. 1763)
• 1815 » José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775)
• 1828 » Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
• 1836 » John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)

• 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.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• 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.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

The temperature on January 31, 1779 was about 3.0 °C. There was 112 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: .