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• Adrianus DENACHTEGAELE, Ronse, Belgique
• Aaltje Klaasd BRAAT, Hekelingen († 1805)
• (Still- Birth) Boissevain, Amsterdam, North Holland († 1779)
• Alberdina Smeenk, Almen (Gorssel)
• Alexander Perley Hill, Skipness, Argyleshire, Scotland, United Kingdom († 1867)
• Abraham Romein, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht († 1846)
• Aldegonda Vansimpsen, Ordingen, België († 1858)
• Aagje van ARDENNE, Brandwijk, 5977, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1859)
• ADRIAANTJE van Belle, Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Klaasdr Braat, Hekelingen

• Hendrik Jans Rietberg (2)
• Johannes van der Staaij (2), Rijsoord
• Johann Gerhard Reinhard (78), Dalsheim, Germany
• Maaike Aukes (29), Kuikhorne, Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Hendrick Herkimer (49), Fort Herkimer, German Flats, Herkimer Co, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Maria Kockelkorn, Eys-Wittem
• Lambertus Eerink (7), Hillegersberg
• Jan Zweers Klooster (0), Vorden
• Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl of Peterborough (71)
• Maartje Ligtermoed (Ligtermoet) (44), Maassluis

• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)
• 1818 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic († 1889)
• 1819 » Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1891)
• 1831 » Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator († 1918)

• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

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. Aaltje
12. Elizabeth
13. Antje
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.
• 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.
• June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• June 24 » American Revolutionary War: 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.

The temperature on August 1, 1779 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder.