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• Arend van Moorselaar, Nijkerk
• Digna Nijs, Oss
• Digna Neijs, Oss
• Egbert van den Berg, IJsselmuiden († 1849)
• Anna Maria SCHIPPERS († 1858)
• Besseltje, Putten († 1779)
• Cornelia Gijsberts van Soest, Harskamp
• Christoffel de Zwart (Swart), Rotterdam († 1816)
• Antoine WAEGEMAECKER, Sint Jacobs Parochie (Brugge),West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Besseltje Everts, Putten-Bijsteren

• Gosse Johannes (72), Raard
• Gosse Johannes Hannema (72), Baard, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Gerritje Rombouttsdr van Megchele (77), ,, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Gerritje Barten van Megchelen (77), 's Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerritje Romboutsdr van Megchele (77), s-Gravenzande, 6257, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Claesien Lamberts Visser (69), Huijzen
• Cors Zuidhoek (1), Noordwijk
• François HOFMANS (93), Beersel, 1650, Brabant Flamand, Belgique
• Gerritje Bartensdr van Mechelen (77), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Auke Jacobs (51)

• 1764 » Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright († 1811)
• 1776 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece († 1831)
• 1800 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype († 1877)
• 1802 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist († 1880)
• 1805 » Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer († 1866)
• 1812 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America († 1883)
• 1813 » Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic († 1865)
• 1821 » Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar († 1881)
• 1830 » Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer († 1913)
• 1833 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States († 1910)

• 1650 » René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)
• 1755 » Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)
• 1763 » William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)
• 1795 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
• 1829 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
• 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
• 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)

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 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• 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.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on February 11, 1779 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.