About the day » Saturday April 17, 1779Calender converter

• Catharina Janssen, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1846)
• Adriaan Buijks, Teteringen († 1848)
• Adrianus Franciscus STEENHOUDT, Teralfene († 1837)
• Arnoldus Houterman, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1784)
• Cornelia de Gruijter
• Antonius de Haas, Monster
• Catharina Janssen, Stein, Limburg, Netherlands († 1846)
• Catharina MALFROY, Massemen,9230,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Constancia Josephina Vandewoude, Veurne, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1839)
• Aaltje Langen, Oosterwolde († 1779)

• Cornelis Stolk (73), 's-Gravenambacht
• Cornelis Berkouwer (63), Lekkerkerk
• Cornelis Leenderse Stolk (73), 's Gravenambacht Z.H
• Charles Grahame (Calvert County, MD) (58), Patuxent Manor, Calvert, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• de Regt (77), Zaamslag
• Elisabeth Jansse van den EIJNDEN (66), Mierlo
• Geesjen Roelofs Visser (65), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Francisca Merckx (0), Stekene (B)
• Annigjen Arents (Beugelink), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Aarts Berkouwer (63), Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, gaarder

• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
• 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)

• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)

• 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)
• 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.
• 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 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

The temperature on April 17, 1779 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.