About the day » Wednesday August 16, 1780Calender converter

• Catherine CLEMENCE, of Vencent Township († 1860)
• Anna Catharina Janssen, Tegelen († 1829)
• Arentje Smit, Zwartewaal (ZH district II) NL
• Coleta Van de Cauter, Zingem († 1780)
• Anna Catharina SIMONS, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Oomen, Rijsbergen
• Clara Arnoldus Nouwens, Gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1840)
• Anna Maria Weijtmans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1832)
• Anne Catharine Simons, Nieuwenhagen
• Arentje (Arendje) Smit, Zwartewaal,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1848)

• Jean Baptiste Thomas de Pange (62), Paris
• Hubert DE REESE, Eernegem
• Johannes van Horne, Roggel, Limburg, Nederland
• JENNEKE DALM (29), WOUDRICHEM
• Cornelia Jacobsd DIJXHOORN (79), Zaltbommel
• Jean Baptiste François Thomas de Pange (62), Paris
• Henry Wyche (95), Brunswick County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Hubert Dereere, Eernegem
• Gijsbert Pietersz Verdam (73), Westzaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Vermeijs (79), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1744 » Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor († 1804)
• 1761 » Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1815 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator († 1888)
• 1816 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor († 1820)
• 1820 » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick († 1892)
• 1821 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic († 1895)
• 1831 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec († 1901)
• 1832 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist († 1920)
• 1842 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic († 1922)
• 1845 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1921)

• 1678 » Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1705 » Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 » Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)

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)
• 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 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• 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 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
• October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.

The temperature on August 16, 1780 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.