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• Anthony Vygeboom, Kralingen († 1781)
• Anna Elisabeth Felder, Oberselbach (D)
• Anna Wilhelmus de Groot, Rotterdam († 1846)
• Arien Verdonk, Zeist
• Arij Cornelisz Groenenboom, Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1852)
• Adriana Labée, Nijmegen, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruy Thierry, Den Haag,Groote Kerk († 1853)
• Albert Willems Ligger, Oostwold gem. Midwolda († 1860)
• anna dirksdr RUSSEL, zuidland († 1857)
• Adam Muller, Delft

• Anne Marie Schweppe (4), Donop, Amt Blomberg, Lippe, Duitsland
• Anna DE VROOM DE VROOME (63), Amsterdam (NL/NH)
• Cornelia Sinterniklaas (7)
• Joanna Meijers (70), Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arien Matthijs VERDONK (4), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna NUIJTS (62), Huijbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Franciscus Asselbergh (43), Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Maria Goossens, Schimmert (Beekdalen), Limburg, Nederland
• Agnès ROBERT (82), Jainvillotte
• Johanna Peijselman

• 1750 » John André, English soldier and spy († 1780)
• 1752 » Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer († 1790)
• 1754 » Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer († 1806)
• 1772 » Novalis, German author and poet († 1801)
• 1773 » Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet († 1845)
• 1797 » Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist († 1864)
• 1802 » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist († 1870)
• 1806 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint († 1876)
• 1810 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor († 1874)
• 1813 » Caroline Leigh Gascoigne, English novelist and poet († 1883)

• 1683 » Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613)
• 1711 » Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
• 1799 » Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740)
• 1802 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
• 1810 » Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740)
• 1819 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)

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.
• 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 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

The temperature on May 2, 1779 was about 13.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: hagel regen .