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• Alexander Adams († 1849)
• anne marie DAUMERIE, Attre (Belgium) Hainaut
• Annechien Eissen, Dalen († 1842)
• Aaltje Gerritsdr Pieters-Mingo, Bellingwolderschans (Oudeschans) († 1859)
• Antjen Alberts Mulder, Noordwolde, Friesland, Nederland († 1860)
• angélique jh. THIRY, Blaregnies (Belgium) Hainaut
• Annechien Sebes Swart, Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1826)
• Agnes Willems, Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonie Dalsum van, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1852)
• Anna Catherina Fransus, Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1819)

• Jan Cooreman (0), Moorsel
• Livina BRAET (78), Hansbeke, 9850, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adrianus Vergouwen (23), Nispen-Essen
• Jan Jansz Lont (39), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ludovicus Franciscus De Pauw (47), Loppem
• Joannes Petrus Frangenberg, Lindlar, Rheinland, Preußen, Germany
• Edward Wilcox (86), Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Ruelens (7), Korbeek-Dijle
• Adrianus Vergouwen (23), Essen-Nispen, België
• Franciscus Harens (65), Munte

• 1769 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral († 1839)
• 1773 » Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, († 1839)
• 1773 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida († 1844)
• 1777 » Marie Jules César Savigny, French zoologist († 1851)
• 1782 » Wincenty Krasiński, Polish nobleman († 1858)
• 1784 » Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer, and conductor († 1859)
• 1788 » Franz Pforr, German painter († 1812)
• 1793 » Casimir Delavigne, French poet and dramatist († 1843)
• 1793 » Felix de Muelenaere, Belgian politician († 1862)
• 1795 » Henry Havelock, British general († 1857)

• 1765 » Edward Young, English poet and author (b. 1683)
• 1767 » Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1685)
• 1768 » Egidio Forcellini, Italian philologist (b. 1688)
• 1769 » Marc-Antoine Laugier, Jesuit priest (b. 1713)
• 1794 » Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1760)
• 1794 » Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, dramatist, poet and politician (b. 1750)
• 1794 » François Chabot, French politician (b. 1756)
• 1794 » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1759)
• 1794 » Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, French judge and politician (b. 1759)
• 1794 » Pierre Philippeaux, French lawyer (b. 1754)

• 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 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• 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 5, 1779 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.