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• Agnes Bollen, Uikhoven, Limburg, Belgium
• Adam Diehl, Loudoun County, Virginia († 1833)
• Antje Theunis, Joure, Friesland, Nederland († 1858)
• Cornelia Henrica Gerardus Klumpe, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius HESSELMANS, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1794)
• Arnoldus de Gier, Kerkdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Bagijn Bacchijn, Overschie († 1854)
• Anna Bagijn Bacchijn, Overschie († 1854)
• Anna Catharina Bohets, Berg
• Anna van Wolsbergen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1860)

• Agnes Peeters, Bree
• Daniel Jacobsz Kruidenier (18), Charlois
• Cornelia Vervoort (67), Oost en Westmalle, Belgium
• Andries BOOMHOF (39), Hoorn
• Anna Catharina de Ridder (Den) (6), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Anne Marie PELLETIER (72), Jayat,01340,Ain,Rhône Alpes,FRANCE
• Donatus Waterschoot (2), Waasmunster (België)
• Cornelius Somers (68), Waarloos
• Andreas COP (47), Zoersel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Albertus Maximilianus Deblauwe (60), Zwevezele

• 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)

• 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)
• 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.
• June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• 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 November 15, 1779 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen sneeuw.