About the day » Monday May 24, 1779Calender converter

• Dominicus Crommelinck, Merelbeke
• Anna Maria Verboven, Essen
• Catrina Litzau, Rotterdam
• Arij Versteeg, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Lodewijk Everhard (Carl Ludwig Eberhard) Frowein, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1824)
• Elisabeth Pietersdr. van der Lem, Den Haag († 1839)
• Arie Jansz van den Barselaar, Wassenaar († 1831)
• Antje Pieters Annema, Vrouwenparochie, gem. het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1860)
• Aart Leendertsz Nootenboom, Charlois, Rotterdam
• Dirkje van den Burg (borg), avezaath

• Joanna Francisca Buytaert (38), Temse
• Yepes Jacobs Humalda (43), Ee
• Johannes Barendregt (0), Spijkenisse, Nederland
• Jan Hendriksz Schoonderbeek (5), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Maartje Pieters Morsch (43), Uitgeest, Kennemerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrith Hartgering HARTGERINK (0), Schuttorf (Dld) Bentheim
• Maria Franse Plokhair (34)
• Joes Bernard Catman (70), Lohne, Oldenburg, Germany
• Isabella Dirickx (48), Ekeren
• Marrigje Ariens Koolwijk (24)

• 1743 » Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician († 1793)
• 1789 » Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)
• 1794 » William Whewell, English priest and philosopher († 1866)
• 1803 » Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist († 1866)
• 1810 » Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar († 1874)
• 1816 » Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter († 1868)
• 1819 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom († 1901)
• 1830 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic († 1897)
• 1855 » Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright († 1934)
• 1861 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta († 1940)

• 1665 » Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (b. 1602)
• 1734 » Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• 1792 » George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)
• 1806 » John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
• 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)

• 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.
• 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.
• September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

The temperature on May 24, 1779 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.