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• Bartje Teunisse van Meerveld, Woudenberg
• Dirk Ambrosius Swinkels, Lieshout († 1830)
• Bartholmeus Planjer (Planje), Leiden, Nederland
• Delphina Pelagia Mortier, Woumen
• Claas Timmer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1859)
• Hendrieke Alberts Horsman, Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland († 1815)
• Deborah Mitchell, Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania
• Hendrika Horsman, Den Ham († 1815)
• Franciscus Constantinus Peeters, Brecht 2960, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1858)
• Gerrit, Putten († 1819)

• Jacob Jan de Blocq Van Kuffeler (63), Den Haag
• Margriet Damen, Zeddam
• Lukretia Zoll (55), Hajós, 6344, Magyarország
• Helena Tijssen (35), Grathem, Nederland
• Franciscus VERMEULEN (56), Lissewege,8380,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Hendrik Jan WALVOORT (0), Aalten
• Helena Tijssen (35), Grathem, Limburg, Nederland
• Mort Ne VERVLIET (0), Aartselaar,2630,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Geertje (Gerarda) Claassen van Veenhuijzen, Soest
• Margaretha Damen (Daemen) (76), Zeddam / NL

• 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author († 1846)
• 1771 » Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont († 1834)
• 1774 » Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata († 1819)
• 1774 » François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer († 1838)
• 1777 » John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer († 1856)
• 1782 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician († 1847)
• 1783 » Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer († 1850)
• 1784 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay († 1853)
• 1788 » Thomas Blanchard, American inventor († 1864)
• 1795 » Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and psychologist († 1878)

• 1637 » Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580)
• 1643 » John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
• 1766 » Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)
• 1778 » Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)
• 1803 » Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
• 1817 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
• 1835 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
• 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Joannes
5. Cornelis
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. Elizabeth
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
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 » 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.
• 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.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

The temperature on June 24, 1779 was about 15.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.