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• Catharine Jeanne Desneux, Halleur (B) († 1821)
• Anna Gesina Nanckmann, Bersede, Haren († 1780)
• Anna Gesina Nanckmann, Bersede, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1780)
• Charlotte Henriëtte Wilhelmina van Damm, Brunswijk, Nedersaksen († 1832)
• Adam Hendrickx, Diessen
• Christina Krix, Vaskút, 6521, Magyarország († 1855)
• Aaltje Gerritsdr Griffioen, Kamerik, Nederland († 1780)
• Anne Gerbens Joustra, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1811)
• Coenraad (Konrad) Benner, Amsterdam († 1844)
• Anna Catharina Urlings, Gulpen (Gulpen-Wittem), Limburg, Nederland († 1806)

• Eybert Aertze van de Pol (71), Putten
• Catharina van den Berghorst (79)
• Frans Apeldoorn (30), Egmond-Binnen
• Eijbert Aertze van de Pol (71)
• Annetje Ans Allen (79), Aalsmeer
• Derk Klaasz Gort (63), Hoogeveen
• Catharina van den Bergh (79)
• Gerrit De Hoog (66), Delft
• Anna Maria Jan Bergmans (39), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gerarda (Gerritjen) Gannels (Gassels Gaslen Gosselink Gasselink Gaslinck) (67), Etten, Nederland

• 1738 » Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India († 1805)
• 1741 » Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic († 1794)
• 1763 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral († 1806)
• 1776 » Johann Spurzheim, German-American physician and phrenologist († 1832)
• 1798 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian physician, philologist, and academic († 1850)
• 1805 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author († 1876)
• 1815 » George Meade, American general and engineer († 1872)
• 1830 » Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and critic († 1867)
• 1830 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian ruler († 1895)
• 1833 » Hugh Nelson Scottish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland († 1906)

• 1691 » Dudley North, English merchant and economist (b. 1641)
• 1691 » Robert Boyle, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)
• 1705 » Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
• 1719 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)
• 1730 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)
• 1742 » Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
• 1775 » Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)
• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Joannes
5. Cornelis
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 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• 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 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 31, 1779 was about -3.0 °C. There was 1,584 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: .