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• Cornelis Jacobsz van LEEUWEN, Stompwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1857)
• Barbara Mombaerts, Kortenberg
• Anthonia Vinck, Renswoude
• "Charles" Albert Louis Alexandre Henri van der Burch († 1854)
• Anna Maria Eichholz, Haarzopf, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Daniel Florijn, Rotterdam († 1851)
• Cornelis van Leeuwen, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Schoonhoven, Joure, Friesland Nederland († 1861)
• Cornelis Jacobsz van Leeuwen, Stompwijk († 1857)
• Catharina Vandeweyer, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 1839)

• Dijtjen FRERIKS (34), Rasquert, Baflo, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Jans Nijhof (52), Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ferdinanda van Bentheim-Tecklenburg (41), Freiendiez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, RLP (D)
• Ferdinande Henriette Dorothea Moritsd van Bentheim- Teckelenburg- Rheda (44), Rheda, Duitsland
• Anna 'Anna' Mertens, Haaren (DL), Duitsland
• Fredinande Henriette Dorothea van Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda (41), Rheda, Westfalen (D)
• Adrianus Van Londersele (67), Kerksken, België
• Ferdinande Henriette Dorothea van Bentheim Tecklenburg (41), Rheda
• Berent Jansz Kleijboer (53), Vaassen
• Ferdinande Van BENTHEIM TECKLENBURG (41), Rheda

• 1744 » Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön († 1770)
• 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
• 1791 » James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States († 1868)
• 1792 » Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist († 1882)
• 1794 » Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author († 1856)
• 1805 » Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
• 1812 » Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1813 » Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar († 1853)
• 1813 » Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State († 1861)
• 1818 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor († 1894)

• 1695 » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1702 » Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
• 1781 » James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
• 1784 » Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
• 1792 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
• 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)

• 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 » 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.
• June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• 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 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

The temperature on April 23, 1779 was about 12.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen zeer half bewolkt.