About the day » Friday February 5, 1779Calender converter

• Adrianus de Witte, Stekene
• Antonio Sutti, Viadana (MN)
• Anna Maria Francoise van Vliet, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Hendrikse Helmstrijd, Scherpenisse († 1831)
• Cornelia Leenderts de Jong, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Agatha De Schrijver, Denderhoutem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie († 1784)
• Anna Elisabeth Versel, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1846)
• Aart Hendriksz Hazeleger, Barneveld
• Anje Dik, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Bergen, Wouw, Nederland

• Crijntje Pieterse Lansbergen (36), Schipluiden
• Claas (Nicolaas) Jacobsz Huijsman (Huisman) (69), 's-Gravenzande
• Célestine PARENT (4), Haine-Saint-Paul, 55022, Hainaut, Belgique
• Elisabeth DU THEIL (73), Les Eglises-d'Argenteuil, 17150, Charente Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
• Antonij te Raa (6), Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gertrudis Van Vlodrop (Deckers) (40), Swalmen, Limburg, Nederland
• Wolters (1), Hüntel, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Everardus Fleerackers (69), beerse
• Antonius Chapelle (76), Kerkom, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Beerentje Schierholt*

• 1723 » John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic († 1794)
• 1725 » James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1783)
• 1748 » Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor († 1798)
• 1788 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1850)
• 1795 » Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist († 1871)
• 1804 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer († 1877)
• 1808 » Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet († 1885)
• 1810 » Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer († 1880)
• 1827 » Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician († 1889)
• 1837 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers († 1899)

• 1705 » Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (b. 1635)
• 1751 » Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
• 1754 » Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
• 1766 » Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1775 » Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692)
• 1790 » William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
• 1807 » Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)

• 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.
• 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).
• 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 5, 1779 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.