About the day » Friday September 10, 1779Calender converter

• Egbert Gerrits Slaghuis, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1819)
• Cornelius Boeckmans, Hemiksem († 1859)
• Adrianus Jochems, Wuustwezel
• Dorothea Helena van Duijvenbroek, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Brigitta Buytaert, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1845)
• Dirk de VOGEL, Dordrecht
• Christiaan van Schaardenburg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Sipkes Algera, Tietjerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Catharina Van Craen, Schriek (Heist op den Berg)
• Barbara Neels, Melsele, België

• Aagje KLEINENDORST (64), De Mijl, Krabbe en Nadort
• Annegien Reynts Smit (71), Hoogeveen, Netherlands
• Claasje van Veen, Enkhuizen
• Annechien Reijns Smit (71), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Benjamin Ladd (9), Smithfield, Oh
• Annegien Reynts Smit, Hoogeveen
• Cornelis Frans Vergote (74), Torhout
• Blasius van den Camp (61), Bingelrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Faes Lucia Adriana (42), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Catharina Arets (57), Bingelrade

• 1753 » John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall († 1837)
• 1758 » Hannah Webster Foster, American author († 1840)
• 1786 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico († 1854)
• 1786 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician († 1860)
• 1788 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and author († 1868)
• 1793 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist († 1834)
• 1801 » Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner († 1881)
• 1821 » William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia († 1897)
• 1836 » Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician († 1906)
• 1839 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls († 1912)

• 1669 » Henrietta Maria of France (b. 1609)
• 1676 » Gerrard Winstanley, English activist (b. 1609)
• 1748 » Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
• 1749 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
• 1759 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (b. 1703)
• 1797 » Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (b. 1759)
• 1842 » Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1842 » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (b. 1792)
• 1851 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American minister and educator (b. 1787)
• 1867 » Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1788)

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 » 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 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 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

The temperature on September 10, 1779 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: omtrent helder.