About the day » Friday August 13, 1779Calender converter

• François FRANCK, SPA, Liège, Belgique
• Friederich Leucht, Guendelbach
• Geertje Roeten, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1825)
• Freerk Klaasens Nienhuis, Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland († 1839)
• Barbara Pikaar, Bergen Op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1841)
• Cornelia van 't Net, Amersfoort († 1780)
• Arij SOETEMAN, Dordrecht
• Alexander Müller, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1806)
• Carel Johan Boon, Hoorn († 1830)
• ANNA THERESIA CORDEWENER, Kerkrade

• Joannes Wilhelmus Gulpen (18), Heerlen (L
• Jan Lambregts van Sittert, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Joanna Elisabeth Verpoorten (49)
• Jan Riemers (23), Arnemuiden
• Johanna Gertrudis Joosten (0), Pannerden
• Hendrikje IJsbrands Verhoef (76), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jordanus Joannes Hooft (64), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Wesenbeek (0), Moerkant Huijbergen
• Antie Jacobs, Workum
• Hendrik Lohuizen (Herms) (0), Heerde

• 1756 » James Gillray, English caricaturist and printmaker (d.1815)
• 1764 » Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general († 1813)
• 1790 » William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician († 1872)
• 1803 » Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic († 1869)
• 1814 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer († 1874)
• 1818 » Lucy Stone, American abolitionist and suffragist († 1893)
• 1819 » Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist († 1903)
• 1820 » George Grove, English musicologist and historian († 1900)
• 1823 » Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist († 1910)
• 1831 » Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer († 1902)

• 1667 » Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and saint (b. 1613)
• 1686 » Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (b. 1610)
• 1721 » Jacques Lelong, French priest and author (b. 1665)
• 1744 » John Cruger, Danish-American businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
• 1749 » Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (b. 1719)
• 1766 » Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (b. 1726)
• 1795 » Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of Indore (b. 1725)
• 1826 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)

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 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on August 13, 1779 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.