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Born on Wednesday February 10, 1779
- Anna Maria Josepha Schoovaerts, Elewijt
- Adriana Meesdr van de Graaf, Sliedrecht († 1858)
- Adriana van de Rijdt, Erp, Nederland († 1859)
- Aan Jans SINNEMA, Netherlands († 1830)
- ? ? († 1833)
- Adriana De Graaf, Sliedrecht, So Holland, Netherland
- Anna Maria van Baalen, Riethoven
- Adriana Meesse van de GRAAF, Sliedrecht († 1858)
- Adrianus Nicolaas van Iersel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aleijdis Ruiten, Schokland, Nederland († 1826)
Died on Wednesday February 10, 1779
- Berentjen NAAFS, Varsseveld, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
- Barentjen Naafs, Varsseveld
- Crijntje Pietersdr Landsbergen, Schipluiden
- Anna Neesen (29), Krüssel
- Anna Neesen (29), Krüssel, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Anna Maria Joannes JACOBS (41), Budel, 3398, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Arentje Jans Schong (35)
- Cornelius Peter van Dongen (81), Breda, Nederland
- Catherine Bergeron (0), Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada
- Christoph Jandt (3), Langenau, Rosenberg, Westpreußen (Lęgowo, Poland)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 10, 1779 at Delpher
Born on February 10
- 1744 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician († 1819)
- 1766 » Benjamin Smith Barton, American botanist and physician († 1815)
- 1775 » Charles Lamb, English poet and essayist († 1834)
- 1785 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer († 1836)
- 1795 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic († 1858)
- 1797 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall († 1883)
- 1821 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor († 1908)
- 1824 » Samuel Plimsoll, English merchant and politician († 1898)
- 1842 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author († 1907)
- 1843 » Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer († 1919)
Died on February 10
- 1686 » William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (b. 1605)
- 1755 » Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (b. 1689)
- 1782 » Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and author (b. 1702)
- 1829 » Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
- 1837 » Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author (b. 1799)
- 1854 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) (b. 1792)
- 1857 » David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (b. 1770)
- 1865 » Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1804)
- 1879 » Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (b. 1808)
- 1887 » Ellen Wood, English author (b. 1814)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1779
- 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.
- 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.
- June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
- July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Weather February 10, 1779
The temperature on February 10, 1779 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt betrokken.