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• Adriaan van KAMPEN, Poeldijk
• Aaltje Benthem, Meppel, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amelberga Stuer, Temse
• Adriaan van Kampen, Monster († 1858)
• Adrianus van Kampen, Monster († 1858)
• Bernarda Gerrits Venderbosch, Blaricum, dgt. Bernardus Schoute († 1779)
• Antoine Joseph Galand, Violaines, 62138, FRANCE
• Dina Groen, Holthusen, Ostfriesland, Preußen († 1780)
• Elisabeth Born, Aue, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1784)
• Catharina van der Weijden, Knegsel († 1867)

• Lucas Jacobus Ignatius Verhulst (41), Aalst
• Francois Aubin (40), Breteville sur Ay, Manche, France
• Jan Jacobsen van Blarcum
• Jan Sitteur, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Joanna Haesen (76), Beek
• Judocus Lambrecht (62), Meulebeke, 8760, Tielt, West Vlaanderen
• Gerrit Duin (Duijn) (0), Wijk aan Zee, Gemeente Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, NEDERLAND
• John SCRIPTURE (91), Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Lucas Jacobus Ignatius Verhulst (41), Aalst, Oost Vlaanderen, België
• (m) Wolf (50), Raumland, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1725 » John Newton, English sailor and priest († 1807)
• 1757 » Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter († 1825)
• 1783 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela († 1830)
• 1786 » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer († 1843)
• 1794 » Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish mineralogist and geologist († 1865)
• 1802 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright († 1870)
• 1803 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic († 1856)
• 1803 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect († 1892)
• 1821 » William Poole, American boxer and gangster († 1855)
• 1826 » Jan Gotlib Bloch, Polish theorist and activist († 1902)

• 1601 » Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter (b. 1542)
• 1612 » John Salusbury, Welsh politician and poet (b. 1567)
• 1739 » Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
• 1768 » Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (b. 1684)
• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)

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. 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)
• 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.
• 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.
• September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on July 24, 1779 was about 22.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen.