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• Aaltjen Waalro (te Waarl), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1844)
• Albert Langeberg, Avenhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje van Biezen, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1812)
• Aaltje, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1780)
• Anna Barbara Kaiser, Kaisersesch, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Anna Catharina Vrints, Wilmarsdonk († 1836)
• Anna Elisabeth van Rede, Rotterdam
• Aagje Dirksz van Biezen, Katwijk aan den Rijn († 1812)
• Hendrikje Zwiers, Koekange († 1854)
• Adriana Verhage, Breugel, Noord-Brabant, NL

• Adrianus Jacobus Verschueren, Ekeren
• Gerrit Jelles Bakker (38)
• Andreas Hermens, Deest
• Henry Harpur (80), Kingdom of Great Britain
• Heijltje Geerts ALRINGH, Groningen
• Jacob Paridanus Holtius, Koudekerke
• Anna Catharina de Vree (74), Temse
• Hermanus Jans Jagtman (0), Kuinre, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina WIJNANTS (78), Bilzen, 3740, Limburg, België
• John Punchard #8794**08x2 (58), Northam, Devon, England

• 1714 » John Winthrop, American astronomer and educator († 1779)
• 1778 » Marie Thérèse of France († 1851)
• 1796 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic († 1873)
• 1797 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist († 1838)
• 1817 » James J. Archer, American lawyer and general († 1864)
• 1820 » Mary Livermore, American journalist and activist († 1905)
• 1825 » George Frederick Bristow, American violinist and composer († 1898)
• 1831 » Bernice Pauahi Bishop, American philanthropist († 1884)
• 1849 » Henry Clay Frick, American businessman and financier († 1919)
• 1852 » Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)

• 1741 » Vitus Bering, Danish-Russian hydrographer and explorer (b. 1681)
• 1745 » Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
• 1749 » Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)
• 1807 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (b. 1723)
• 1813 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (b. 1744)
• 1819 » Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1818)
• 1851 » Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter (b. 1775)
• 1878 » Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

The temperature on December 19, 1779 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.