About the day » Tuesday November 2, 1779Calender converter

• Alberta FEITH, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1832)
• Alberta Andries Feith, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna van LIESHOUT, Kralingen, Rotterdam, 6240, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1829)
• Anna Margaretha van Dam, Utrecht († 1855)
• Annigjen Klazen Doop, Giethoorn, Nederland
• Anna Maria TEEUWEN, Nieukerk, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Margaretha Wacker
• Anna Margarieta Adams van der Plaat, Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Schellekens, Gilze († 1849)
• Aaltje TRUIN, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1837)

• Adriaan Francois H. Wzn ds. Mattaeus (50), Wadway
• Ari Janszn Reus (41), Scheveningen
• Anna Caal (3), Groesbeek
• Alagonda Kleikens, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Alardus Hermkens, Oirlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Theresia TOMMELIN, Gits, Belgique
• Anna Kaal (3), Groesbeek
• Arisje van Manen (39), Putten-Gerven
• Arisje Aarts van Manen (56), Gerven, gem. Putten
• Anna Theresia Tommelyn (68), Gits,West-Vlaanderen,België

• 1741 » Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch lawyer and politician († 1784)
• 1754 » Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general († 1794)
• 1755 » Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1766 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal († 1858)
• 1777 » Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor and translator († 1822)
• 1795 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States († 1849)
• 1799 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon († 1885)
• 1799 » Titian Peale, American entomologist and photographer († 1885)
• 1808 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic († 1889)
• 1815 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher († 1864)

• 1716 » Engelbert Kaempfer, German botanist and physician (b. 1651)
• 1807 » Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1730)
• 1834 » Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (b. 1760)
• 1846 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)

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 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, 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.
• 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 November 2, 1779 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: donker.