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• Cornelia Smeets, Swartbroek, Limburg, Nederland
• Derkjen Jantjen GARRITSEN, Warnsveld (Zutphen) Gelderland, Nederland († 1857)
• Carolina Johannes Zwarts, Brielle († 1859)
• Antonia Peter van Berlo, Gemert, Nederland († 1850)
• Anne DIETEMANN, Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1779)
• Arij Oudshoorn, Rijnsburg († 1785)
• Carolina Zwarts, Brielle († 1859)
• Charles Boivin, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Québec, Canada († 1841)
• Acke Klazes Ykema, Westermeer, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1781)
• Catharina Joannis Slits, Gemert († 1858)

• Agnita Louisa Pieterson (40), .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Elisabetha ONT'EYNDE, Houthalen, 72039, Limburg, Belgique
• Cornelia Aarts van Schaik (56), Tull en 't Waal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Gertrudis Scholtissen (70), Schinnen
• Barent Bertoen (47), Amsterdam
• Cornelia DE MEUNINCK (85), Ettelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Gesche Heidmann (61), Wörpedorf 29
• Frederijkus Alberts (30), Frieschepalen, Opsterland
• Cecilia Lavaert (1), Temse
• Hendrik Renden (0), Harderwijk

• 1741 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist († 1811)
• 1743 » Quintin Craufurd, Scottish author († 1819)
• 1762 » Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author († 1850)
• 1765 » Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1822)
• 1788 » Theodore Hook, English composer and educator († 1841)
• 1791 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist († 1867)
• 1819 » Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian and academic († 1897)
• 1829 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor († 1883)
• 1833 » Stephen D. Lee, American general and academic († 1908)
• 1835 » Alexander Potebnja, Ukrainian linguist and philosopher († 1891)

• 1692 » Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620)
• 1703 » Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1622)
• 1756 » Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (b. 1688)
• 1774 » Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
• 1776 » Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)
• 1777 » John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699)
• 1828 » Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (b. 1787)
• 1852 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)
• 1872 » Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1801)

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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on September 22, 1779 was about 18.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.