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• Anna Catharina Costermans, Perk
• Anna Catharina Van der Sanden, Balen, België († 1823)
• Adolf Hendriks Cop (Kop) (Hemminga), Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1839)
• András Kabai, Ártánd, Hajdu-Bihar, Hungary
• Adolf Hendriks, Beetsterzwaag
• Adriana Dobbelsteen, Heeswijk († 1781)
• Adriaan Timmermans, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Oosting, Gieten († 1848)
• Adolf Hendriks Cop, Beetsterzwaag
• Klaas Gerbens Hoekstra, Slappeterp († 1841)

• Johan Joseph Maximiliaan Graaf Kinsky van Vchinitz-Tettau (74)
• Aaltje Warmels (5)
• Henricus Boom (49), Horst
• Anna Catharina Ophoff, Iserlohn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Grietje Blom (0), Zd-Scharwoude
• (Capt.) Ernst Jan Van Der Merwede (68)
• Adolph Hendriks COP (90), (F)
• Aaltje Warmels (5), Hoogeveen nederland
• Ernst Jan baron van der Merwede (68), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Dominicus Spruyt (48), Duffel

• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
• 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)

• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)

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)
• May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
• November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

The temperature on April 17, 1780 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: weerlicht.