About the day » Sunday November 21, 1779Calender converter

• Adrianus van Giersbergen, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1828)
• Abraham Bolstier, Leiden, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aart Boekhout, Doorn
• Albert Geerts de Vries, Steenwijk († 1830)
• Aleida (Veurentjes) Vorentjes, Silvolde
• , Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Aleida Berentzen, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 1843)
• Aaltje STOUT, Numansdorp
• Albertina BRANDT, Dordrecht
• OOSTINDIË (OSTINDJE), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 1779)

• Cornelis Koningh, Zijpe
• Abraham Traub (79), Altona, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
• Eeuwit Wouters Van Der WEL (2)
• Anne CORNEZ (75), Pâturages (Colfontaine), 7340, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Anna Elisabeth Willems (49), Oxelaar-Zichem
• Adrianus Simon Boenders (57)
• Anna Maria MEYER (49), Dingelbe
• Arnold DECAESTECKER, Leffinge
• Antje Derks (34), Muntendam
• Catharina van Helmont (54), Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1718 » Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist († 1795)
• 1729 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire († 1795)
• 1760 » Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant († 1850)
• 1768 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar († 1834)
• 1785 » William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" († 1853)
• 1787 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line († 1865)
• 1811 » Ludwik Gorzkowski, Polish politician, physicist and revolutionary activist († 1857)
• 1811 » Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang († 1872)
• 1818 » Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist († 1881)
• 1835 » Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier († 1916)

• 1695 » Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1659)
• 1775 » John Hill, English botanist and author (b. 1719)
• 1782 » Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)
• 1811 » Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
• 1861 » Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
• 1870 » Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
• 1874 » Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)

• 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.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, 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.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on November 21, 1779 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.