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• Hendrik van de Born, Putten († 1834)
• Grietje Klaasdr Jacobje Kramer (Cramer), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 1842)
• Arnout baron van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1835)
• Arnold Baron van Zuijlen van Nijevelt, Rotterdam († 1835)
• Geertje Nannes Dijkhuis, Midwolda
• Grietje Klaasdr Kramer, Urk († 1842)
• Elisabeth Geraerts, Munsterbilzen, Limburg, Belgium
• Andreas Wilhelm MENGELBERG, Bonn, Nordrhein Westfalen, Deutschland († 1846)
• Catharina Elisabeth Funke, Warendorf (D)
• Arnout VAN ZUYLEN VAN NIJEVELT, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1835)

• Jacobus Bossers (1), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arij Janszn van Adrichem (75), Zevenhuizen
• Jacob Dirksz. Bom (35), Monster
• Jan Pauw, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elias Vanden Berghe (1), Ophasselt
• Gerarda Kösters, Elten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Frans Vergers, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Maartensz. Nieuwstraten (51)
• Anna ursula Keppler (64), Pfullingen, Wuerttenberg, Germany
• Hendrina Schutte, Deventer

• 1727 » Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer († 1810)
• 1745 » Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States († 1807)
• 1758 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general († 1820)
• 1762 » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1833)
• 1780 » Charles Nodier, French librarian and author († 1844)
• 1783 » David Cox, English landscape painter († 1859)
• 1784 » Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts († 1850)
• 1810 » Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author († 1892)
• 1814 » Sadok Barącz, Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist († 1892)
• 1818 » Alexander II of Russia († 1881)

• 1698 » Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (b. 1655)
• 1707 » George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)
• 1743 » Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French theorist and author (b. 1658)
• 1768 » Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
• 1771 » Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace (b. 1700)
• 1776 » Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)
• 1793 » John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
• 1798 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)
• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)

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. John
14. Jean
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)
• March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
• April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
• May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
• 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.
• October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
• November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

The temperature on April 29, 1780 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.