About the day » Thursday September 16, 1779Calender converter

• Bernardus Rhee, Almelo († 1843)
• Aeipke, Houwerzijl
• Anna Sanderson, Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Müller, Großseifen, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1851)
• Amelia Josepha BUYSSCHAERT, Kortrijk, 34022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1838)
• Adrianus Mens, Wouw-Heerle († 1825)
• Catharina Manders, Baak († 1785)
• Agnes Hallewaard, Rotterdam († 1872)
• Anna Maria Spangler
• Cecile FREDERICK, Schendelbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• Jean François FRADET (59), Saint-Jean-de-Monts, 85160, France
• Jan VAN MALSEM, Almkerk
• Goosem Jansz, Hoogkarspel
• Ariaantje Jacobs de Man (89)
• Dominicus Willemsz Ego (65), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aplonia brants (58), Naaldwijk
• Joannes Mathias Daemen (0), Bingelrade
• François Bartholomé van Melle, Desteldonck en son château
• Joannes Janse Verrijt (81), Asten,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Arij Dekkers (59), fijnaart (noord brabant)

• 1722 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general († 1799)
• 1725 » Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author († 1815)
• 1745 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal († 1813)
• 1777 » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier († 1836)
• 1782 » Daoguang Emperor of China († 1850)
• 1823 » Francis Parkman, American historian and author († 1893)
• 1823 » Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist († 1895)
• 1827 » Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and paleontologist († 1908)
• 1828 » Per Pålsson, Swedish murderer († 1914)
• 1830 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal († 1911)

• 1672 » Anne Bradstreet, English poet (b. 1612)
• 1701 » James II of England (b. 1633)
• 1736 » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (b. 1686)
• 1792 » Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
• 1803 » Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
• 1819 » John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1824 » Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)

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.
• 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.
• July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• 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.
• September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

The temperature on September 16, 1779 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: stofregen regen.