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• Cornelia Jacobsdr. van der Wansem (Wansum), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland († 1785)
• Elizabeth Fishback, Culpeper, Virginia († 1841)
• Cornelia Jacobsd van der WANSOM, Wassenaar († 1785)
• Felix Cepeda Zepeda, Santiago Apóstol, Baradero, Baradero, Buenos Aires, Argentina († 1842)
• Abraham Doensz RIETDIJK, Zwartewaal
• Aaltjen Klein Zelle, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1818)
• Aeltjen Albertsen (Garritsen), Hengelo (Bronkhorst)
• Carolina Fikkers, Ommen, Nederland
• Catherine Joseph DUPAS, Féchain,59247,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1828)
• Carolina Fikkers, Ommen (Vilsteren) († 1852)

• Cornelia Bommel van (78), Oudheusden
• Jacobus Botha (86), Land Van Waveren (Tulbagh), Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Maartje Jacobs Arishoek (79), Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland
• IJda Jansdr Radder (64), Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wulfekuhle (74), Steinfeld, Oldenburg, Duitsland
• Antonius Geysen‏ (64), Tongerlo, 3960, België
• Anne Marie FROYER (74), Flavy le Martel,02520,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE
• Feyke Jans Swart (37), Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Ezekiel Beebe * (72), Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Arij STOOKER (59)

• 1700 » José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician († 1770)
• 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
• 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
• 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
• 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
• 1795 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist († 1873)
• 1827 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1896)
• 1832 » James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer († 1886)
• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)
• 1861 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress († 1931)

• 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
• 1795 » James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
• 1795 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
• 1798 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1821 » Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)

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)
• 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.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• 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.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on May 19, 1779 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.