About the day » Wednesday August 11, 1779Calender converter

• Augustinus Lodewijckx, Meerhout, Antwerpen, België
• Anne Marie KLEIN, Sarralbe-Rech
• Aaltje Ruijgrok, Vlaardingen
• Aalbert Woestenenk, Vorden
• Adriaan Prince, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1859)
• Charles Desmul, Tielt
• Albertina HOEBEKE, Sint-Blasius-Boekel,9630,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1861)
• Bernhard Gottfried Kels
• Anna Hendriks Rigter, Blaricum († 1779)
• Adriaan PRINCE, Zierikzee, 5918, Zeeland, Nederland († 1859)

• Hendricus Scheerder (0), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• James O'Dell (59), Frederick County, Maryland
• Françoise DORSEMAINE, Blois, 41018, Loir et Cher, Centre, France
• Dirk van Rhijn, Jutphaas
• Hendrik Dirksen Donk (14), Nijkerk
• Janna Kolk (62)
• Jan Anthonisz Riemens (31), Arnemuiden
• Klaas Hagedoorn (27), Huizen(NH)
• Cornelia Van Dongen, Rotterdam
• Willemijntje Everts Schuurman (4), Driebergen

• 1722 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician († 1797)
• 1748 » Joseph Schuster, German composer († 1812)
• 1778 » Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician († 1852)
• 1794 » James B. Longacre, American engraver († 1869)
• 1807 » David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician († 1886)
• 1808 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician († 1892)
• 1816 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania († 1882)
• 1833 » Kido Takayoshi, Japanese samurai and politician († 1877)
• 1833 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 1899)
• 1836 » Warren Brown, American historian and politician († 1919)

• 1656 » Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
• 1725 » Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)
• 1774 » Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (b. 1722)
• 1813 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)

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)
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• 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 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.
• July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.

The temperature on August 11, 1779 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest by west. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder.