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• Antonio Bueno de Camargo, São Roque, São Paulo, Brasil
• Claas van der Linden, Oss
• Ann STUBBINS, Soham, Cambridgeshire, England († 1855)
• Christian Büschel, Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1784)
• Catharina van WESEL, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1841)
• Berent te Bokkel, Aalten († 1846)
• Angela Jacobi COOMANS, Loon op Zand, 3942, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1849)
• Bartholomeus (Lambertus) van Aldere (halteren), Heusden, Gemeente Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1828)
• Catherine Lott, New Utrecht (Brooklyn), Kings County, New York, United States († 1817)
• Conrad Kiester

• frederik hendriksz maijer, Beemster
• Alexander Gijsbert Tengnagell Heer van Gellicum en Groot-Bü (65), 's Hertogenbosch, N.B
• Dirk den Riet (2), Gouda,Gouda,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Cornelis Claeses Pot (29), Sint Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alexander Gijsbert van Tengnagell (65), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gerardus Reijntjes (4), Kampen
• Alexander Gijsbert van Tengnagell Baron (65), s-Hertogenbosch
• François Hilaire DAILLEUX (9), (Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné) Val-du-Layon, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Elisabeth Weygaerts (72), Rillaar
• frederik hendriksz. maijer (30), beemster

• 1723 » Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer († 1788)
• 1726 » Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain († 1746)
• 1741 » Joseph Warren, American physician and general († 1775)
• 1776 » John Constable, English painter and academic († 1837)
• 1797 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran philosopher and theorist († 1855)
• 1807 » James F. Schenck, American admiral († 1882)
• 1815 » Julia Margaret Cameron, Indian-Sri Lankan photographer († 1879)
• 1818 » Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and academic († 1903)
• 1829 » Edward Braddon, English-Australian politician, 18th Premier of Tasmania († 1904)
• 1832 » Lucy Pickens, American wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens († 1899)

• 1683 » Nikita Pustosvyat, a leader of the Russian Old Believers, beheaded (b. unknown)
• 1695 » André Félibien, French historian and author (b. 1619)
• 1712 » Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1654)
• 1727 » George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Felice Torelli, Italian painter (b. 1667)
• 1796 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (b. 1720)
• 1847 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician (b. 1786)
• 1852 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
• 1859 » Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (b. 1773)
• 1879 » William, Prince of Orange (b. 1840)

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 » 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.
• September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
• September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on June 11, 1779 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.