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• Celestial Wiseman
• Anthonus Hendriks, Gorinchem
• Anna Sijm, Wester-Blokker († 1832)
• Catherine Florijn, Ossenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Cornelis Sijm, Blokker († 1832)
• Arnoldus Gruijters, Ottersum († 1817)
• Anna Margaretha Pluns, Viermünden, Deutschland († 1858)
• Arie Huisman, Leiderdorp († 1856)
• Cornelia Adriaensen Groenendijk, Aarlanderveen/Nieuwkoop († 1852)
• Aafke Ubels ZIJLEMA, Warffum,, Groningen, Nederland († 1843)

• Catharina Cornelia Stuijts (53), Huijbergen
• Cornelis Cornelisz Muntjewerff (0), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Franciscus van de Vorst (61), Asten, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas
• Cornelia Maartensd BRUSSAARD (3)
• Elisabeth Vos (55), Lexmond
• Annetje van der Bijl (15), Maasland
• Catharina Cornelissen Stuijts (53), Huijbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Francois PLET (51), Princé, 35232, Ille et Vilaine, Bretagne, France, Les guyonnieres
• Elisabeth VOS (55), Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Derk Stokhaar (0), Warnsveld

• 1749 » Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch historian and bookseller († 1816)
• 1761 » Antoine Barnave, French politician and orator († 1793).
• 1778 » Javier de Burgos, Spanish jurist and politician († 1848)
• 1781 » Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France († 1789).
• 1783 » Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Ottoman-French polymath and naturalist († 1840).
• 1809 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Texas Attorney General († 1889)
• 1811 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1886)
• 1818 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author († 1894)
• 1821 » Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman († 1900)
• 1821 » Karol Mikuli, Ukrainian-Polish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1897)

• 1708 » Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1636)
• 1751 » William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
• 1755 » Elisha Williams, American minister, academic, and jurist (b. 1694)
• 1761 » Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1702)
• 1792 » Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
• 1847 » Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
• 1853 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
• 1859 » Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 22, 1779 was about 13.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.