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• Antonia Jacobus van den Bosch, Oirschot, NB (NLD) († 1832)
• Antje Oeges Meyer, Bozum, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Christina Jans Kuil († 1858)
• Aalt Oosterbeek, Soest
• Barber Jelles de Koe, ,,, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands († 1837)
• Anna, Catharina Emas, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1830)
• Aantje Muddij, Lekkerkerk,Gemeente Nederlek,South Holland,Netherlands († 1825)
• Anna Elisabeth Herwaerts, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1853)
• Anna Elisabeth Herwaerts, Maastricht († 1853)
• Anna Maria Gommert BOEREN, Meerle, Hoogstraten, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1816)

• Anna Vermunicht (69), Langdorp, Aarschot (B)
• Anna Catharina Mantz (48)
• Gerrit Gerritsz Hoogendoorn (75), Waarder
• Barthelomeus Wouter Jansen, Hapert
• Doewe Sijwerts (74), Kantens
• Barones Anna Elisabeth Anthonisd van Haersolte (55)
• Doewe Sijwerts (74), Kantens
• Anna Harmens Cordel (24), Franeker
• Alida Quirijns (25)
• (m) Bald (0), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1752 » George Rogers Clark, American general († 1818)
• 1770 » Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor and academic († 1844)
• 1802 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician († 1866)
• 1805 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and engineer, developed the Suez Canal († 1894)
• 1808 » Janez Bleiweis, Slovenian journalist, physician, and politician († 1881)
• 1812 » Karl Schwarz, German theologian and politician († 1885)
• 1828 » Rani Lakshmibai, Indian queen († 1858)
• 1831 » James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States († 1881)
• 1833 » Wilhelm Dilthey, German psychologist, sociologist, and historian († 1911)
• 1834 » Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic († 1924)

• 1723 » Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
• 1772 » William Nelson, American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
• 1773 » James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1722)
• 1785 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1720)
• 1798 » Wolfe Tone, Irish general (b. 1763)
• 1804 » Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1810 » Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1725)
• 1822 » Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
• 1828 » Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1797)
• 1850 » Richard Mentor Johnson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th Vice President of the United States (b. 1780)

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.
• 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.
• June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on November 19, 1779 was about 3.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen sneeuw.