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March 12, 1779Born on Saturday March 13, 1779
- Cornelia Pietersd SOETEMAN, Charlois
- Adriana van der Hoff, Rozenburg (Rotterdam) († 1835)
- Anna Catharina Pulmans, Kasterlee,Antwerpen,Belgium († 1846)
- Charlotte Dimphne Vanlerberghe, Woumen (België) († 1807)
- Arijaentie van der Hoff, Rozenburg († 1835)
- Anna Maria van HEEMSKERK, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1848)
- Rieger, Evangelisch,Fellbach,Neckarkreis,Wuerttemberg († 1779)
- Adriaan Stoops, Oosterhout (NL) († 1855)
- Cornelia Pietersdr Soeteman, Charlois
- Abrahamus (Abraham) (Rudolphus) Heijligers (Heiligers), Rotterdam († 1846)
Died on Saturday March 13, 1779
- Friedrich Heinrch Wilhelm (32), unbekannt
- Joannes Laurentius COOPMAN (0), Westende, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Antoine LaBauve (47), St James, St James, Louisiana, United States
- Kornelia van Waas (37), Aardenburg
- Eeffje Verschoor (77), Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel
- Gerrit IJsbrandsz van der Linden
- Anna Maria Vandenabeele, Kortemark West-Vlaanderen België
- Joseph Guyon (né Guyon Dion), père (74), Saint-François, L'Île-d'Orléans, QC, Canada
- Johann {Hanß} Adam Hillegass (62), New Goshenhoppen, Upper Hanover Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery County ), Colonial Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
- Antoinette POULAILLON (76), Semons,38260,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 13, 1779 at Delpher
Born on March 13
- 1720 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss historian and author († 1793)
- 1741 » Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1790)
- 1763 » Guillaume Brune, French general and diplomat († 1815)
- 1764 » Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1845)
- 1770 » Daniel Lambert, English animal breeder († 1809)
- 1781 » Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German painter and architect, designed the Konzerthaus Berlin († 1841)
- 1798 » Abigail Fillmore, American wife of Millard Fillmore, 14th First Lady of the United States († 1853)
- 1800 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 212th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire († 1858)
- 1815 » James Curtis Hepburn, American physician, linguist, and missionary († 1911)
- 1825 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic († 1903)
Died on March 13
- 1711 » Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
- 1719 » Johann Friedrich Böttger, German chemist and potter (b. 1682)
- 1800 » Nana Fadnavis, Indian minister and politician (b. 1742)
- 1808 » Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)
- 1823 » John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (b. 1735)
- 1833 » William Bradley, English lieutenant and cartographer (b. 1757)
- 1842 » Henry Shrapnel, English general (b. 1761)
- 1854 » Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)
- 1873 » David Swinson Maynard, American physician, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1808)
- 1879 » Adolf Anderssen, German mathematician and chess player (b. 1818)
Names that were popular for boys in 1779
- Jan
- Hendrik
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Willem
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Dirk
- John
- Klaas
- Adrianus
Names that were popular for girls in 1779
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Joanna
- Adriana
- Trijntje
- Antje
- Aaltje
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- 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 » 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.
- 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 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
- July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
Weather March 13, 1779
The temperature on March 13, 1779 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: helder.