About the day » Friday April 9, 1779Calender converter

• Anne Bouwes Sikkema (Siccema), Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland († 1832)
• Van Den Bergh Anna Catharina, Weelde, Antwerpen, België
• Augustinus Braeckevelt, Ruiselede,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1841)
• Anne Bouwes Siccama Sikkema Sickema, Kollum († 1832)
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• Anne Bouwes Siccama, Kollum (gem. Noardeast-Fryslân) († 1832)
• Antje Wieberens Huizenga, Oudega († 1816)
• Antje Wiebrens Huizinga († 1816)
• Bernardine Josèphe Doyen, Huppaye († 1863)
• Anna Dries van der Burgt, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Elisabetha Bovend'aerde (53), Eisden
• Catharina van Haeren (92), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (1), Raalte
• (Proles) Van Aert (0), Vorselaar
• Christophorus (Christoffel) Harmens Rechtin (67), Amersfoort
• Gerrit Jan te Kulve (13), Rekken, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Joannis De Waal (0), Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Ariaantje Koorneef (0), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabetha Bovend'aerde, Eisden (B)
• Arnoldus van Lith (46), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1770 » Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic († 1831)
• 1773 » Étienne Aignan, French author and academic († 1824)
• 1794 » Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer († 1881)
• 1802 » Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist († 1884)
• 1806 » Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge († 1859)
• 1807 » James Bannerman, Scottish theologian and academic († 1868)
• 1821 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic († 1867)
• 1830 » Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer and cinematographer († 1904)
• 1835 » Leopold II of Belgium († 1909)
• 1835 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore († 1913)

• 1693 » Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (b. 1618)
• 1747 » Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1667)
• 1754 » Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (b. 1679)
• 1761 » William Law, English priest and theologian (b. 1686)
• 1768 » Sarah Fielding, English author (b. 1710)
• 1804 » Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1732)
• 1806 » William V, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1748)
• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)

• 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.
• 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 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and 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 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

The temperature on April 9, 1779 was about 6.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt weerlicht hagel. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.