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• Antje Lipkes (Liepkes), Oenkerk, Netherlands († 1809)
• Aaltjen Graauwert(s), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1833)
• Agneta Adlersträhle, Halmstad, Halland, Zweden († 1805)
• Auktjen Durks Ongersma, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland († 1849)
• Apolonia Bentvelsen, Monster († 1833)
• Aukjen Durks Ongersma, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1849)
• Anna Maria Verboven, Essen, Antwerpen, België († 1846)
• Antje Liepkes, Oenkerk († 1809)
• Antje Liepkes, Oenkerk, Netherlands († 1809)
• Alexander PARIDAEN, Brugge, 31005, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• "Pleuntje" Leendertsdr de Geus (66), Nieuwenhoorn
• Ariaantje Adriaansdr. Molendijk (28), Dubbeldam
• Ariaantje Dirks Ouwehand (29), Katwijk
• Hendrik LIGT (0), Apeldoorn, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Franziska SENZIG (44), Neuforweiler, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
• Ariaantje Ouwehand (29), Katwijk
• Gerrit Rijksz. Nattekaas (49), Dirksland
• Jaapje Kuijt (53), Katwijk
• Jaapje de Jong (53), Katwijk, Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antje Fijes, Nieuwendam

• 1752 » Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author († 1828)
• 1752 » Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic († 1817)
• 1761 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1816)
• 1771 » Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer († 1858)
• 1771 » Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer († 1805)
• 1781 » Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic († 1873)
• 1794 » Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft († 1816)
• 1814 » Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock and Company († 1876)
• 1817 » Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator († 1893)
• 1820 » James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales († 1886)

• 1667 » Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
• 1688 » Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
• 1754 » Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
• 1761 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
• 1847 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Joannes
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. Antje
12. Aaltje
13. Elizabeth
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)
• January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• 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.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on May 14, 1779 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.