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• Andreas Hermanus Andreas Hermannus Nobelen Noebele, Maastricht (NL)
• Andine van Almelo, Wilsum (D), Grafschaft Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Aletta Eijmers, Utrecht († 1845)
• aafjen veldkamp, diever († 1852)
• Abraham Jacob Jokeb de Jong Levie Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Alijda Gruson, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafje Heime Veldkamp, Diever, Drente, Netherlands († 1852)
• Aalbert Harmse Hoefsloot († 1824)
• Aaltje Hagedoorn, Enterbroek († 1832)
• Amos Griswold, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States († 1876)

• Aaltje Kooiman (66)
• Agatha Cecilia Vos, Boxmeer, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Wiesman (45), Datum onjuist
• Adriaantje (Arjaantje) van Beest (36)
• Dirk Verkaik (39), Stolwijk
• Elijah Teague (53), Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, United States
• Francisca (Eva Arian) Brunel (Soffers) (74), Breda, Nederland
• Cornelia Gerrits Outshoorn (35), unbekannt
• Aertje Goes (61), Jutphaas
• Arjaantje VAN VUGT (2), Rijswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1752 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States († 1836)
• 1768 » Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author († 1849)
• 1769 » Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician († 1821)
• 1774 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic († 1860)
• 1779 » William Clowes, English publisher († 1847)
• 1803 » Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson († 1874)
• 1806 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player († 1853)
• 1809 » Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist († 1880)
• 1813 » George Bliss, American politician († 1868)
• 1814 » Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebellion leader and king († 1864)

• 1716 » William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
• 1748 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1780 » Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1782 » Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 » Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
• 1817 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Jean
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Joanna
9. Trijntje
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• 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)
• January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
• May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
• October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
• November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

The temperature on January 1, 1780 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.