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Died on Tuesday February 16, 1779
- Bastiaan Huijser, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
- Geertje van Willigen (84), leerbroek, Nederland
- Hendrik van der Putten (43), Haarlem
- Helena Jan Bax (62), Weelde, België
- Frederik Alexander Lulofs (24), Zutphen
- Gerardus Houben (40), Overpelt
- Christine Elisabeth Harpprecht (69), Tübingen (Baden) D
- Bernardus Noeninckx, Temse
- Janna Berends Leurink, Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland
- Hermanus Jansen Bossenbroek (3)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 16, 1779 at Delpher
Born on February 16
- 1740 » Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver († 1813)
- 1761 » Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general († 1804)
- 1774 » Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer († 1830)
- 1786 » Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess († 1859)
- 1802 » Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher († 1866)
- 1804 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist († 1885)
- 1812 » Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
- 1821 » Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar († 1865)
- 1822 » Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician († 1911)
- 1824 » Peter Kosler, Slovenian lawyer, geographer, and cartographer († 1879)
Died on February 16
- 1645 » Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1585)
- 1710 » Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (b. 1632)
- 1721 » James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1686)
- 1754 » Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
- 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
- 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
- 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
- 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
- 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
- 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
Names that were popular for boys in 1779
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Joseph
- Jacobus
- Jans
- Jean
- Franciscus
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1779
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Jans
- Adriana
- Elizabeth
- Trijntje
- Aaltje
- Antje
- Grietje
- Janna
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 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 weather on Tuesday February 16, 1779
The temperature on February 16, 1779 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI