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• Cornelius Hesselmans, Goirle
• Anna Bagijn, Overschie († 1854)
• Cornelius HESSELMANS, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1794)
• Arnoldus de Gier, Kerkdriel
• Anna Bagijn Bacchijn, Overschie († 1854)
• Deodata Simonis, Liège en l'Eglise St Remacle au Pont († 1780)
• Anna Catharina MULDERS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1858)
• Catherine Troxell, Northampton Co. Pennsylvania († 1858)
• Anna Lamberta Aleida Nuy (Neu), Süderwick, Duitsland († 1811)
• Clara Kraan, Rijnsaterwoude

• Albertus Maximilianus Deblauwe (60), Zwevezele
• Catharina Huyberts Grootens (75), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Andries BOOMHOF (39), Hoorn
• Agnes Peeters (2), Bree
• Elizabet Boekensteijn (3), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Somers (68), Waarloos
• Cornelis Gerritsz Prook (77), Aalsmeer
• Elizabeth Tupper (77), Chichester, Chichester District, West Sussex, England
• Doodgeboren REXWINKEL, Varsseveld, Oude IJsselstreek (NL)
• Cornelis Prook (77)

• 1708 » William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1778)
• 1738 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer († 1822)
• 1741 » Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist († 1801)
• 1746 » Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer († 1809)
• 1757 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic († 1830)
• 1776 » José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Mexican journalist and author († 1827)
• 1784 » Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg († 1860)
• 1791 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1869)
• 1793 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic († 1880)
• 1849 » Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and educator († 1934)

• 1691 » Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
• 1706 » Tsangyang, Tibetan dalai lama (b. 1683)
• 1712 » Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
• 1712 » James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1658)
• 1787 » Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714)
• 1794 » John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (b. 1723)
• 1795 » Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
• 1832 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (b. 1767)
• 1845 » William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Maria II, Portuguese queen and regent (b. 1819)

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)
• January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
• February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• 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 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• June 24 » American Revolutionary War: 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.

The temperature on November 15, 1779 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen sneeuw.