About the day » Saturday June 26, 1779Calender converter

• Abraham Hilbelink, Brinkheurne, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlandss
• Anna Maria Richter, Ibbenbürn, D
• Abraham MEIJERS, Dordrecht
• Catharina Petronella de Marree, Utrecht († 1815)
• Anna Maria de Krieger, Drunen, Nederland († 1856)
• Aukje Terpstra, Beetgum, Friesland, Nederland († 1840)
• Apollonia de Vette, Schipluiden
• Arie Storm, Monster
• Berend Hindriks Kloppenborg, Sappemeer, Nederland († 1857)
• Anna Maria de de Krieger, Drunen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1856)

• Ariaantje KOOIJMAN (53), Mijnsheerenland
• Arend Lammerts Bazuin, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Engel Ijsebrandt, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gesina Sybilla Gisberta Van Elsbergen (72), Obermörmer, Niederrhein, Duitsland
• Maria Elisabetha SMOLDERS (59), Mechelen, 12025, Antwerpen, België
• Cornelia Kalkman (69), Capelle aan de IJssel
• Huijbert de Geer (12), Leiden
• Claas Cornelisz Taan (83), Oostzaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacob van Waard (0), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gesina van Elsbergen (72), Obermörmter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1726 » Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia († 1796)
• 1730 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic († 1817)
• 1764 » Jan Paweł Łuszczewski, Polish politician († 1812)
• 1796 » Jan Paweł Lelewel, Polish painter and engineer († 1847)
• 1798 » Wolfgang Menzel, German poet and critic († 1873)
• 1817 » Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet († 1848)
• 1819 » Abner Doubleday, American general († 1893)
• 1821 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian soldier, journalist, and politician, 6th President of Argentina († 1906)
• 1824 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer († 1907)
• 1835 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author († 1896)

• 1752 » Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
• 1757 » Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1784 » Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (b. 1728)
• 1793 » Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720)
• 1793 » James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (b. 1776)
• 1795 » Johannes Jährig, German linguist and translator (b. 1747)
• 1808 » Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)
• 1810 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
• 1830 » George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1836 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)

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.
• 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 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah 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.

The temperature on June 26, 1779 was about 15.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.