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• Adriaantje de Blok, Goedereede
• Aaltje Roelfs Steenhoff, Wedde, Gemeente Bellingwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1852)
• Anna Maria Adelheit WARNEFELD († 1850)
• Aaltje Roelfsdr Steenhoff, Wedde († 1852)
• Adrianus Sneyers, Ravels
• Adriaantje (Adriana) van Doesselaar (Doeselaar), Hoek († 1829)
• Anna Christina Lorentzen, Adelby, Tarup, Flensburg, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Duitsland
• Aaltje Bielsma, Enkhuizen († 1850)
• Jantje Alberts van der Heijde, Leek Groningen
• Ageietje Bleijenburg

• Harmannus Raammaker (64), Groningen
• Franciscus van Beers (68), Vessem
• Engel Ysbrantsz Konijn (45), Egmond aan Zee
• Isabella Biljaarts (77), IJzendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andreas Gosuinus Daendels (26), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara Jansdr Roest (50), oostvoorne (zuid holland)
• Anna Zijdeman (67)
• Jacob Sierts Huizinga (24)
• Cornelis Janse van Dooijeweert (68), Wadenoijen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Engel Lourisz Konijn (43), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1758 » Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Belarusian-Polish poet, playwright, and politician († 1841)
• 1769 » Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general († 1862)
• 1772 » George Murray, Scottish general and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies († 1830)
• 1778 » Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet († 1827)
• 1781 » John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, Irish general and politician, Governor of Saint Lucia († 1844)
• 1796 » John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist († 1861)
• 1797 » Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian general and politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia († 1853)
• 1799 » Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist († 1870)
• 1800 » Achille Devéria, French painter and lithographer († 1857)
• 1802 » Charles Wheatstone, English-French physicist and cryptographer († 1875)

• 1695 » Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
• 1775 » William Dowdeswell, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1721)
• 1783 » Capability Brown, English gardener and architect (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)
• 1804 » Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)
• 1807 » John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
• 1833 » Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)

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)
• April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
• 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 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
• November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

The temperature on February 6, 1780 was about 0.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken regen.