About the day » Thursday April 29, 1779Calender converter

• Anna Maria Rose, Bissendorf, Fürstbistum Osnabrück († 1852)
• Cornelis Willems Buijs, Blokzijl († 1780)
• Anna Lagerburg., Kamerik († 1872)
• Catharina Mary Manners († 1829)
• Arnoldus Boevink, Eibergen (GL)
• Arij Dirksz. de Graaf, Benthuizen († 1781)
• Bernardus Pietersz Peeter Akkermans, Oosterhout, Nederland († 1822)
• Barbara EERAERTS, Willebroek
• Christianus SWALEN, Dessel,2480,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Bavius Wijbrens Span, Lekkum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• Adriana van den Wijngaard, Standdaarbuiten
• Hilligje Vuist (32), Den Helder
• Agnes Berten (17), Leuth
• Grietje Claasse Blaasse (65), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Isaac Johnson **** (83), Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara Berber Berbelina de Hek (34), Zevenbergen (NB-NLD)
• barbara de HEK (34), zevenbergen
• Grietje Klaas (65), Arnemuiden
• Anna Katharina Fein (33), Krummel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Duitsland
• Anna Maria WEISSENT (0), Sturzelbronn, Moselle, Lorraine, France

• 1727 » Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer († 1810)
• 1745 » Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States († 1807)
• 1758 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general († 1820)
• 1762 » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1833)
• 1780 » Charles Nodier, French librarian and author († 1844)
• 1783 » David Cox, English landscape painter († 1859)
• 1784 » Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts († 1850)
• 1810 » Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author († 1892)
• 1814 » Sadok Barącz, Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist († 1892)
• 1818 » Alexander II of Russia († 1881)

• 1698 » Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (b. 1655)
• 1707 » George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)
• 1743 » Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French theorist and author (b. 1658)
• 1768 » Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
• 1771 » Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace (b. 1700)
• 1776 » Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)
• 1793 » John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
• 1798 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)
• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)

• 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.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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 29, 1779 was about 16.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt.