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• Anna de Wijs, Made en Drimmelen (RK dopen)
• Albert Arends Sloten van, IJsselmuiden, Ov, Nederland († 1826)
• Bernardus van de Pavert, Heesch († 1813)
• Esther Truesdell, Thetford, Orange Co., Vermont, Verenigde Staten († 1871)
• Erasmus COART, Aalst, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Andries Pietersz de Geus, Dubbeldam, zh.nld († 1841)
• Dirkje de Bijl, Driel, Nederland
• Elbertus van Deth, Gouda († 1858)
• Andries de GEUS, Dordrecht, onder de Merwede († 1841)
• Evertje Hendriks Bakker, Laren N.H († 1779)

• Heijmerik van Amersfoort (44), Beekbergen
• Anne QUILLIFIGANT (67), Plouédern, 29181, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Gerritje Jansen Britsen (62), Warnsveld
• Adriana den BROEDER (37), Nieuw Beijland
• Anna Wouters van Lent, Lithoijen
• Carel Hendrik van Naerssen (51)
• Elisabeth Gijsberts de Rooij, Best, NL
• Francisca Wijnant (0), Kerksken
• adriana corstiaansdr. den BROEDER (37), nieuw-beijerland
• Hermanus deRegt (77), Zaamslag, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1718 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author († 1800)
• 1727 » Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist († 1806)
• 1763 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer († 1846)
• 1770 » William Wordsworth, English poet († 1850)
• 1772 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author († 1837)
• 1780 » William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian († 1842)
• 1803 » Flora Tristan, French author and activist († 1844)
• 1803 » James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago († 1859)
• 1811 » Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher († 1881)
• 1817 » Francesco Selmi, Italian chemist and patriot († 1881)

• 1747 » Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)
• 1761 » Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)
• 1766 » Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
• 1767 » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734)
• 1789 » Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)
• 1789 » Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722)
• 1801 » Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724)
• 1804 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (b. 1743)
• 1811 » Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Joannes
5. Cornelis
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. Elizabeth
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
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)
• 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 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• 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.
• 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 7, 1779 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.