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Born on Monday August 23, 1779
- Anna Martina van Gerwen (van Gerven), Aarle-Rixtel, Nederland († 1786)
- Anne Catherine Jacob, Hockay, Francorchamps, 4970, Liège, Belgique
- Christine Völkel, Richstein, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1833)
- Cornelia Hom, Nuland, Netherlands († 1855)
- Christina van Galden, Princenhage
- Geertje Groeneveld, Zandvoort
- Berlinde VAN DEN STEEN, Aspelare († 1855)
- Geerd Swaving, teich († 1819)
- Dymphne Augustijns, Loenhout
- Anna Elisabeth von dem Berge, Gescher, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany († 1825)
Died on Monday August 23, 1779
- Hermen (Harmen) Lubberts van Noorel (48), Vaassen, Nederland
- Jan van der Velden (12), Enkhuizen
- Cornelia Meeuw (0), Den Helder
- Jacoba Wetering van de (11), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Christina Munsterman (3)
- Grietje Gerrits, Pieterburen
- Cornelia Storm, Gouda
- IJda Kool (64), Gouda,Gemeente Gouda,South Holland,Pays-Bas
- Alida Ligtermans, leiden
- Benjamin Mense (0), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 23, 1779 at Delpher
Born on August 23
- 1724 » Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant († 1796)
- 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
- 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
- 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
- 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
- 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
- 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
- 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
- 1829 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian († 1920)
- 1843 » William Southam, Canadian publisher († 1932)
Died on August 23
- 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
- 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
- 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
- 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
- 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
- 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
- 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
- 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
- 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
- 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1779
- 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 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.
Weather August 23, 1779
The temperature on August 23, 1779 was about 19.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: regen half bewolkt.