About the day » Tuesday October 12, 1779Calender converter

• Aegje Bakker, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anneke Jansen Oosterman, Ede
• Catherine Roothans, Dommelen (NL) († 1809)
• Anna Marie (Polly) Ruffner, Blue Mountain, Leigh County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1845)
• Aaltje Dirks van Amerongen, Leersum († 1852)
• Cornelia (Pietse.) Hoebeke (Hoebeeke), Borssele († 1847)
• Christoffel Geerligs, Doesburg († 1845)
• Abigail Maynard, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States († 1817)
• Catharina Roothans, Dommelen († 1815)
• Charlotte le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Paris, 75056, France († 1861)

• Anna Maria Francken (10), Eijgelshoven
• Cornelia Slotmaekers (35), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna van Balen, Oestgeest (poelgeest)
• gilles françois BLONDEAU (69), Quévy le Petit (Belgium) Hainaut
• Catharina WINKELS (63), Zutendaal
• Grietjen Gerbrandsdr Voorn (0), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aldegondis Brouwers (48), Overpelt, Limburg, België
• Aart (3), Putten
• Hendrik Eert van, Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Cornelis Piers Timmerman (18), Oost-Vlieland

• 1710 » Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut († 1785)
• 1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
• 1792 » Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist († 1860)
• 1798 » Pedro I, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
• 1801 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1873)
• 1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
• 1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1840 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress († 1909)
• 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
• 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)

• 1678 » Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1621)
• 1679 » William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617)
• 1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
• 1730 » Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
• 1758 » Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)

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

The temperature on October 12, 1779 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.