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• Aaltje Hendriks Bastiaan, Zalk en Veecate
• Adriana van der Gouwe, Zaamslag, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1842)
• Albert Roest, Harderwijk
• Aalbert Bus
• Albertien Breider, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1869)
• Aaltien DONSELAAR, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1832)
• Albert Janszen Roos, Terschelling († 1858)
• Albertien Arents Breider, Hoogeveen († 1869)
• Abraham de Bruijn, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Heuvel, Breukelen

• Jacobus van Steenstraten (26), Batavia Ned. Indië
• Henricus Reijnders (0), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Gerrit Maron (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Esther Wilcox (79), Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Elizabeth Austen (11)
• Elisabeth Joannes Arnoldus CLAUS, Asten, 3287, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherine BERNARD (57), Bois-de-Céné, 85710, France
• Albertje Albers (77), Timmel, Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Grietje jansdr Glory, Spierdijk
• Jan Hendriks Hardlooper (68), Epe

• 1713 » Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer († 1797)
• 1716 » Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic († 1781)
• 1720 » Johann Uz, German poet and judge († 1796)
• 1790 » John Ross, American tribal chief († 1866)
• 1797 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1870)
• 1800 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy († 1891)
• 1804 » Allan Kardec, French author, translator, educator and founder of modern Spiritism († 1869)
• 1804 » Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan († 1878)
• 1828 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator († 1897)
• 1837 » Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina († 1885)

• 1690 » Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
• 1701 » Joseph Williamson, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633)
• 1801 » Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1724)
• 1833 » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
• 1838 » Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
• 1860 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 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 3, 1779 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.