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• Frouktje Jans Zetsma, Pieterzijl († 1842)
• Cornelis Johannes Zagers, Zundert, Nederland († 1845)
• Adriana Duijser, Buren († 1868)
• Aaltjen KOERHUIS, Dalfsen
• Cornelius Zagers, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1845)
• Anna van den Enden, Monster († 1842)
• Arthur French Saint George († 1844)
• Cornelia van Emmerloot, Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dingena van Boxel, Ginneken († 1815)
• Geertrudis Reijgersbergen, Den Haag († 1820)

• Aafje Kornelis de Best (84), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertruij Jutphaas, Hagestein
• Anna Ardon (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Barbant, Nederland
• Elizabeth van Soest (34), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aafje Cornelisse de Best (84), Katwijk aan Zee, Z.H
• aeffie cornelis de best (84), katwijk aan Zee, Nederland
• Ann Yancy (17), Louisa County, Virginia, United States
• Aafje Kornelisdr de Best (84), Katwijk aan Zee
• Catharina (Joannis) Kluijtmans, Liempde
• Anna Josina Van Den Langenbergh (56), Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België

• 1709 » Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist († 1779)
• 1720 » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician († 1796)
• 1754 » Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist († 1816)
• 1758 » Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter († 1828)
• 1779 » Louis de Freycinet, French navigator and explorer († 1842)
• 1790 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician († 1838)
• 1807 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author († 1892)
• 1814 » Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge († 1902)
• 1822 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer († 1894)
• 1839 » Nelson A. Miles, American general († 1925)

• 1684 » George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (b. 1622)
• 1719 » Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)
• 1746 » Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1747 » Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)
• 1759 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
• 1827 » George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1828 » Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)

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 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
• August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• 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 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
• 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 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

The temperature on August 8, 1780 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.