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• Angelus (Engel) van den Akker, Maasland († 1838)
• Catharina le Grand, Breda († 1783)
• Antoine PIETTE, Berthierville, Quebec, Canada († 1842)
• Arie Kolders, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1780)
• Arij Kolders, Willemstad († 1782)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Imbrechts, Antwerpen († 1854)
• Anna Warmenhoven, Loosduinen
• Anna Meers, Reek-Bilzen († 1853)
• Antoni(j) Antony Antonij Heil, Oudewater († 1824)
• Aart Westerhout, Lexmond

• Elisabetha Elias Swaelen WILLEMS (40), Hoogeloon, 3766, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Egidius JONCKHEERE, Kachtem
• Catharina Pijper (27), Maasbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jean Baptiste BOURDON (60), St Etienne Roilaye,60350,Oise,Picardie,FRANCE
• Jan Jannesz SCHOOP (12), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Slegers, Kuringen, Luik, België
• antoinette (antonnette) HARMEGNIES (78), Dour (Belgium)
• Jean THOELEN, Zonhoven, 71066, Hasselt, Belgique
• Eunice Meacham (63), Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Jan van Doorn, Zaamslag

• 1752 » John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts († 1825)
• 1757 » Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City († 1816)
• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 1796 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician († 1859)
• 1796 » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar († 1859)
• 1796 » William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1862)
• 1820 » John Whiteaker, American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st Governor of Oregon († 1902)
• 1820 » Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States († 1889)

• 1734 » James Thornhill, English painter and politician (b. 1675)
• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)

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 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
• May 13 » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.

The temperature on May 4, 1780 was about 14.0 °C. Weather type: zeer betrokken.