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• Anna Modesitt, Harrison Co. (Now Doddridge Co.), Virginia (now West Virginia), United States († 1858)
• Elisabeth Bleijs, Retie (B) († 1840)
• Aartjen Johanna Velthuijzen, Harderwijk
• Alida de Graaf, Gouda Z.H
• Aaltje Joosten, Nijkerk († 1859)
• Antonius Mortaigne, Gits
• Bernardina Kuipers, Hengelo-Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Gijsbertsz Romijn, Oudeschild (Texel, NH)
• Cornelia Philipsen, Tilburg († 1849)
• CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH WILHELM FISCHER, ORSOY (D) († 1847)

• Adrianus Raman (69), Heusden
• van CORNEILLE JOSEPHDEN PEEREBOOM, Ieper, 33011, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriana Josepha Sevensterre (39), Groningen
• Anna Catharina VAN ISHOVEN (34)
• Cornelis Reusel (30), Kampen
• Carolus Ivo Doom (9), Hooglede West Vlaanderen België
• Catharina Lauckens (Loukens) (64), Overpelt
• Anna Maria VAN ISHOVEN (23)
• Carolina Francisca van Rie (0), Sint-Laureins, België
• Catharina FYENS (65)

• 1728 » Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware († 1784)
• 1744 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg († 1819)
• 1746 » William Billings, American composer and educator († 1800)
• 1748 » Charles XIII of Sweden († 1818)
• 1769 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit († 1846)
• 1786 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1871)
• 1798 » Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman († 1875)
• 1819 » Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot († 1905)
• 1821 » Richard H. Anderson, American general († 1879)
• 1832 » Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer († 1918)

• 1708 » Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
• 1772 » John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
• 1787 » Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
• 1792 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1793 » Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
• 1796 » Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
• 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)

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. Antje
12. Aaltje
13. Elizabeth
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)
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 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.
• 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 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

The temperature on October 7, 1779 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: betrokken.