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• Clemens Eduard Markgraaf van Moustier, Koblenz, Rheinland-Palts († 1830)
• Cornelia Jacobus van OERS, Rucphen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND († 1840)
• Catharina van der Meulen Muelen, Maastricht († 1822)
• Anna Catharina Schneider, Reifert, Waldbreitbach, Westerwald, Duitsland
• Anna de Kler, Leiden († 1854)
• Adeleijdje Kouwenhoven, Nootdorp
• Adeleijs Willemsdr. Kouwenhoven, Nootdorp
• Christian Herr
• Cornelia de Lange, de Goorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Berend Jan Harmink († 1820)

• Anne Marie VAUTIER (72), Le Theil,50330,Manche,Basse-Normandie,FRANCE
• Henricus Heijnen, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Fear Thomas (43), South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Sénègal (57), Sluis, Sluis-Aardenburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Goetschalckx (60), Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België
• Jean Chamblant (77), Cuzion, 36062, France
• Catharina De Rijck (71), Aaigem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Graafschap Vlaanderen
• Adrianus Goetschalckx (60), Rijkevorsel
• Jean Jacques Carpentier, Merckem
• Dirck Rietveld (14), Woerden

• 1717 » Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal († 1790)
• 1754 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1838)
• 1782 » Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War († 1835)
• 1786 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1856)
• 1802 » Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic († 1887)
• 1803 » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general († 1862)
• 1829 » Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator († 1884)
• 1829 » William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist († 1909)
• 1841 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist († 1912)
• 1842 » Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic († 1927)

• 1704 » Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician and academic (b. 1661)
• 1712 » Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (b. 1639)
• 1714 » John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
• 1723 » Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666)
• 1768 » Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689)
• 1769 » Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
• 1802 » Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713)
• 1804 » George Walton, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (b. 1749)
• 1831 » Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)

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. Elizabeth
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
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)
• 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 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• 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 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah 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 2, 1779 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist.