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• Adriaan Snels, Alphen († 1825)
• Adriaan Peeters, Gilze en Rijen († 1847)
• Aartje DRIESSEN, Ermelo
• Aartje, Leuvenum († 1809)
• Abraham Lopes Cardozo, Amsterdam
• Arnoldus Joannes Antonius VAN HÖVELL TOT WESTERFLIER, Twello, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1862)
• Anje Mennes, Adorp
• Barbara Ludovica Colen, Maastricht
• Arnoldus Joannes Anthonius Baron Van Hövell tot Westerflier, h. Wezeveld († 1862)
• Abraham Lopes Cardozo, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Frederik Willem Heymeran Edele van Waltmann Vrijheer van Grunfeld (53)
• Antonia Margarita Guajardo Gutierrez (70), Nuevo Leon, Mexico
• Dirk van der Meijden (61), Utrecht, Nederland
• Grégoire BASTARD-ROSSET (68), Le Grand-Bornand, 74136, Haute Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Cecilia Sielhorst, Utrecht
• Georg Gustav Wrangell (68)
• Jacob Janssen Wondergem (47), Brigdamme, Zeeland, NL
• Abram de Pree (39)
• Augustinus Norbert Jacob Van den Heuvel (58), Tilburg
• Guilielmus (Willem) Jollie (73), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1749 » Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist and theorist († 1818)
• 1778 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator († 1860)
• 1788 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author († 1860)
• 1796 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist († 1874)
• 1796 » Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary († 1837)
• 1805 » Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter († 1848)
• 1806 » Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher († 1875)
• 1817 » Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic († 1880)
• 1819 » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic († 1891)
• 1824 » Pierre Janssen, French astronomer and mathematician († 1907)

• 1674 » Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)
• 1680 » La Voisin, French occultist (b. 1640)
• 1690 » Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (b. 1619)
• 1731 » Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)
• 1732 » Francis Atterbury, English bishop (b. 1663)
• 1799 » Heshen, Chinese politician (b. 1750)
• 1816 » Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)

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)
• January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
• February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, 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 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 February 22, 1779 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: donker.