About the day » Tuesday July 20, 1779Calender converter

• Anna Maria Devenijns, Oijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
• Adriana Maria Schaepsmeerders Schaapsmeerders, Tilburg
• Geerdje Alberts Klein, Oosterwolde, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1846)
• Geertje Alberts Klein, Oldebroek († 1846)
• Geertruida Beata Kuijl, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1813)
• Anna Maria Devenijns, Oijen († 1855)
• Abraham Otto RÖMER, Curaçao († 1848)
• Aaltje Jochems Mast, Rotsterhaule († 1830)
• Aaltjen Jochems Mast, Rohel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1830)
• Abram Cornelisse Dorst, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1780)

• Aegidius Egidius Gillis Hammers (75), Wahlwiller (Mechelen)
• Egidius Hamers (75), Wahlwiller, Wittem, Gulpen-Wittem
• Elia Kist (35), Enkhuizen
• Aaltje Cornelis Worp (29), Edam
• Aaltje Cornelis Worp (29), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Josephus Deroey, Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België
• Catrina Maarleveld (36), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• Dirk Buijtenom (76), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Henriette Julie de Durfort (83)
• Aleijda Masseling (0), Steenderen

• 1754 » Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic († 1836)
• 1757 » Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat († 1811)
• 1762 » Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer († 1826)
• 1774 » Auguste de Marmont, French general († 1852)
• 1789 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan († 1839)
• 1804 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist († 1892)
• 1822 » Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist († 1884)
• 1838 » Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager († 1899)
• 1838 » Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English civil servant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1928)
• 1838 » William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon († 1911)

• 1704 » Peregrine White, English-American farmer and soldier (b. 1620)
• 1752 » Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer and theorist (b. 1667)
• 1816 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)
• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)

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.
• 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.
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

The temperature on July 20, 1779 was about 27.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt donder weerlicht regen.