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• Alegonda Schiltmans, Dreumel († 1836)
• Aalbert Harmse Hoefsloot († 1824)
• Aafje Heime Veldkamp, Diever, Drente, Netherlands († 1852)
• Albertje KLAASSENS, Midwolde, Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Onbekende Indonesische Vrouw, Tajoe, Jawa Tengah (Djawa Tengah), Indonesië
• Akke Frankes Frankema, Rotsterhaule, De Friese Meren, Friesland, Nederland († 1858)
• aafjen veldkamp, diever († 1852)
• Adriana Johanna Jacobse, Westkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1860)
• Aleida van Maurik, Mijdrecht
• Aafje Veldkamp, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland († 1852)

• Captain Elijah Arnold Teague (53), Black Jack, Newberry, South Carolina, United States
• Agatha Cecilia Vos, Boxmeer, Netherlands
• Bart Teunisse van Tuijl (66), Sloterdijk
• Claes Hendriks (Klaas) Bul (83), Blokzijl, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Burcht van der (40), Ijzendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Eekelen, van (60)
• Abraham Bogaerts (52), Strijp
• Adriaantje (Arjaantje) van Beest (36)
• Bart van Tuijl (66), Sloterdijk, Nederland
• Elisabeth Junius (139)

• 1752 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States († 1836)
• 1768 » Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author († 1849)
• 1769 » Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician († 1821)
• 1774 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic († 1860)
• 1779 » William Clowes, English publisher († 1847)
• 1803 » Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson († 1874)
• 1806 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player († 1853)
• 1809 » Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist († 1880)
• 1813 » George Bliss, American politician († 1868)
• 1814 » Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebellion leader and king († 1864)

• 1716 » William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
• 1748 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1780 » Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1782 » Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 » Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
• 1817 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)

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)
• January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
• March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
• 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.
• October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
• October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
• 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 January 1, 1780 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.