About the day » Sunday April 11, 1779Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Zwamborn, Tuil, Gelderland, Nederland († 1839)
• Ann Esdale, Stevenston
• Aafje Cornelis Moolenaar, Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arentie Arijsd van der Blom, rockanje
• Annigje Keizer
• Ariaantje van der Plas, Katwijk
• Adriaan Molendijk, Dubbeldam
• Anna Peterse Stoop, Made
• Anna Gertrud Windeck, Düsseldorf, Rath, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Antoine Bulens, Winksele († 1822)

• Anna Maria DE BELLEFROID (54), Mettekoven, Heers, Province of Limburg, Belgium
• Jan Lievesz SCHOL (7)
• Dirk Cornelisz Werkhoven (2), Neerlangbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Jacobs Beers (0), Alkmaar
• Anne DELETANG (56), Civray-de-Touraine, 37150, France
• Hendrik Isaksz HOKKE (6)
• Jean Joseph SPINETTE (61), Wisbeck/Saintes, Waals-Brabant, België
• David Christian Gottreich Nahrwold (2), Lahde, bij Minden, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Gesina Theussink
• Jentje Jackles Wiarda (62), Lemmer, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1721 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American clergyman and missionary († 1808)
• 1722 » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet († 1771)
• 1749 » Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, French miniaturist and portrait painter († 1803)
• 1755 » James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist († 1824)
• 1770 » George Canning, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1827)
• 1794 » Edward Everett, English-American educator and politician, 15th Governor of Massachusetts († 1865)
• 1798 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic († 1854)
• 1819 » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor († 1895)
• 1825 » Ferdinand Lassalle, German philosopher and jurist († 1864)
• 1827 » Jyotirao Phule, Indian scholar, philosopher, and activist († 1890)

• 1712 » Richard Simon, French priest and critic (b. 1638)
• 1723 » John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1650)
• 1783 » Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Polish-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1718)
• 1798 » Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet and academic (b. 1725)
• 1856 » Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1831)
• 1861 » Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (b. 1824)
• 1873 » Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)
• 1890 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)
• 1894 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)

• 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.
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on April 11, 1779 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt.