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• Antonia Verspeek, Someren
• Anna Verhagen, Dussen
• Berendina van Zadelhoff, Lathum, Gelderland, Nederland († 1792)
• Anna Catharina Adelheid FISCHER, Dankern,Germany
• Cornelis Kanters, Gilze en Rijen († 1830)
• Antje Douwes Visser, Ferwoude, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Verhaegh, Haelen († 1787)
• Cornelius Kanters, Rijen († 1830)
• Cornelis de Roo, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1802)
• Daniel Hippenstiel, Richstein, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1827)

• Elisabeth VAN LOOY (89), Vorselaar, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adrianus Cornelissen van Agtmaal (30), Nispen-Essen
• Abelis Henricus Jacobus Puystiens, Lombardsijde
• Cornelis de Gruiter (66), Lekkerkerk
• Elisabeth Wahl (57), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Cornelis Boes, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hendrik Tuin or Juin (39)
• Anna Maria De Cock (77), Sint-Denijs-Boekel,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Enoch Enogh van der Veur (20), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius de Meulder (1), Antwerpen, België

• 1732 » Princess Marie Adélaïde of France († 1800)
• 1749 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer († 1827)
• 1750 » Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer († 1812)
• 1754 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer († 1802)
• 1769 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat († 1832)
• 1769 » William Smith, English geologist and cartographer († 1839)
• 1823 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States († 1885)
• 1826 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer († 1917)
• 1834 » Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer († 1858)
• 1838 » Marie Adam-Doerrer, Swiss women's rights activist and unionist († 1908)

• 1680 » Nicolas Fouquet, French politician (b. 1615)
• 1742 » Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French historian and author (b. 1670)
• 1747 » Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (b. 1675)
• 1748 » Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and critic (b. 1693)
• 1783 » Charles Carroll, English barrister and politician (b. 1723)
• 1792 » Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (b. 1713)
• 1801 » Paul I, Russian emperor (b. 1754)
• 1842 » Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)

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.
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• 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 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

The temperature on March 23, 1779 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.