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• Antonius Delfgauw, Kethel
• Adriana van der Sluijs (Sluis), Driel († 1780)
• Couwenbergh, Casteren
• Adrianus Van Tongeren, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1860)
• Anna Jacobusdr Kerkvliet, Leiden
• Agatha Verhaeghe, Dentergem († 1803)
• Augustinus Buytaert, Temse (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1779)
• Adrianus van Tongeren, Voorburg († 1860)
• Arij Jansz. van Tongeren, Voorburg
• Anna Petronilla van Rossum, Emmerich, Hertzogtum Kleve († 1852)

• Cecilia Maria Steengracht (50), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Carl Georg von Krassow (39), Pansewitz, Rügen, Allemagne
• Fokke Harms Dunkel (0), Ihrhove, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Germain Joseph 1 DEGUELDRE (6), Waudrez, 56084, Hainaut, Belgique
• Hendrik Bartels Buijtenhuijs Buitenhuis (8), Broekland, Apeldoorn
• Catherine COLUTON (52), Notre-Dame-de-Monts, 85690, France
• Heindrina Wijnmaalen (0), Delft
• Catharina Catrijn Thoonen Jochems (16), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Marie PLAISANT (67), Silly, 7830, Hainaut, Belgique
• Frederik Carolus Heppenaar (44), Groningen

• 1712 » Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric († 1770)
• 1728 » Mary Hayley, English businesswoman († 1808)
• 1735 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States († 1826)
• 1751 » Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1816)
• 1762 » André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright († 1794)
• 1786 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author († 1871)
• 1799 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop († 1885)
• 1839 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter († 1899)
• 1857 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist († 1904)
• 1861 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter († 1929)

• 1680 » Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (b. 1616)
• 1685 » Michel Le Tellier, French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1603)
• 1690 » Hieronymus van Beverningh, Dutch diplomat and politician (b. 1614)
• 1730 » Nedîm, Turkish poet (b. 1681)
• 1757 » Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (b. 1684)
• 1757 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1699)
• 1809 » William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1816 » Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)
• 1842 » Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (b. 1784)
• 1853 » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (b. 1786)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Joannes
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Willem
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Joanna
9. Adriana
10. Trijntje
11. Elizabeth
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Janna

• 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.
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on October 30, 1779 was about 13.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.