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• Andreas Josephus Jetten, Susteren († 1843)
• Adriana Salij, IJsselmonde
• Anna Margaretha Jessen, Schinnen († 1853)
• Anna Maria Hacken, Vlodrop,L
• Aldegonda Nys, Lummen, België († 1833)
• Anna Maria Gesina Volmer, Averesch, Wessum, 48683, Duitsland
• Adriana Antonius TIMMERMANS, Hoeven,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Albertus Sirag, Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Catharina CELEN, Meerhout, 2450, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Maria Bens, Geel, België († 1848)

• Charles Joseph DELESTRAIN (7), Amougies, Belgique
• Jacques Bourgeois (71), La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
• (31), Mentrup, Hagen a.T.W
• Ernst Maria Joseph Graaf van Lodron-Laterano-Castelromano (62)
• Ignatius Van Callie (61), Zedelgem
• Elisabeth Aernouts (15), Loenhout
• Jannetje ( Anna) Hendriks Brouwer (44), Laren
• Frederike Christine van Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (63), Lich, Hessen
• Johannes Theodorus (Dirk) Dijkman (22), Buiksloot
• John H Chadwell (77), Rolvenden, Kent, England

• 1740 » Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician († 1810)
• 1759 » Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer († 1823)
• 1771 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg († 1820)
• 1772 » David Ricardo, British economist and politician († 1823)
• 1794 » William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams († 1863)
• 1797 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France († 1877)
• 1813 » James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author († 1865)
• 1819 » Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist († 1874)
• 1819 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor († 1895)
• 1838 » Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic († 1912)

• 1689 » George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1648)
• 1732 » Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)
• 1742 » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)
• 1763 » Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1796 » Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1732)
• 1802 » Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)

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)
• 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.
• June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• 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 April 18, 1779 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.