About the day » Wednesday November 3, 1779Calender converter

• Catherine Kennedy, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1852)
• Anna Maria Hetterschij, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1858)
• charles hubert STURBOIS, Mons (Belgium) († 1823)
• Cnelis van den Brink, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Conradus Coenradus Rensing, Hulhuizen
• Arent Jans, Rolde
• Aaltje te Kolste, Bredevoort
• Clara Huijbertsdr. Remmerswaal, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1779)
• Aaltje Kolstee (Colstee)
• Anna Elizabeth de Vos van Steenwijk, NG Kerk Vollenhove († 1850)

• Adrianus RECTEM (46), Vorst Laakdal, 2430, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Catharina Cuylits (51), Arendonk, België
• Anna Catharina Willemoons (18), Vorst
• Berend Schulder Roordink (46), Baak
• Caatje Ariënsdr. Benschop (79), Bodegraven, ZH, Nederland
• Arie Hendrikszn van der Werf (54), Noordwijk(ZH)
• Arie Hendriksz van der Werf (54), Noordwijk
• Arij Westerwoud (59), hillegersberg thans rotterdam
• Caatje Ariens Benschop, Bodegraven
• Commer de Keijser (59), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1749 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician († 1819)
• 1757 » Robert Smith, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of State († 1842)
• 1777 » Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom († 1848)
• 1793 » Stephen F. Austin, American businessman and politician († 1836)
• 1794 » William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist († 1878)
• 1799 » William Sprague III, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island († 1856)
• 1801 » Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher, founded the Baedeker Publishing Company († 1859)
• 1801 » Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer († 1835)
• 1815 » John Mitchel, Irish journalist and activist († 1875)
• 1816 » Jubal Early, American general and lawyer († 1894)

• 1676 » Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, 110th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1635)
• 1711 » John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (b. 1666)
• 1787 » Robert Lowth, English bishop and academic (b. 1710)
• 1793 » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and activist (b. 1748)
• 1794 » François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1715)
• 1850 » William E. Shannon, Irish-born American politician (b. 1821/1822)
• 1858 » Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and author (b. 1807)
• 1869 » Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1890 » Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)

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. Elizabeth
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
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.
• 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 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.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

The temperature on November 3, 1779 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: donker mist.