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• Douwe van Sirtema, op zee, bij Kaap Finistere, Bretagne
• Adriana van de Ven, Oirschot
• Anna Dirks, Echt († 1842)
• Cornelia BLANKEN, Brakel (Gld.)
• Angela Eugenie Nollet, Geluwe, West-Vlaanderen (B)
• Abraham THOOLENS, Biervliet († 1841)
• Daniël SWINGELAAR, Strijen
• Amélie Josèphe DAUCHY, Morbecque,59416,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 1847)
• Cornelis Willemse, Goirle († 1833)
• Caspar Verheggen, Blaarthem

• Gerbrig Sjoerds (42), Deersum,Boornsterhem,Zuidwest-Friesland (Friesland)
• Adrianus Ariënse Quaadsteniet (72), OOST-IJSSELMONDE (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaen Arijensz. de Quaatsteniet (72), IJsselmonde
• Elizabeth de Hollander, Tisselt
• Abraham Claase van Rije (83)
• Grietje Jacobs (65), Eenrum
• Adrianus Ariënszn de Kwaasteniet (72), IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bendicht Neuenschwander (69)
• Abraham van Rije (83), Coorndijk
• Adrianus Ariensz. de Quaesteniet (72), Oost-IJsselmonde, Nederland

• 1745 » Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon († 1799)
• 1766 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, first dictator of Paraguay († 1840)
• 1785 » Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist († 1860)
• 1793 » James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War († 1862)
• 1795 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic († 1871)
• 1799 » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author († 1831)
• 1803 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer († 1888)
• 1807 » Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist († 1891)
• 1808 » Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and paleontologist († 1864)
• 1811 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician († 1874)

• 1711 » Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
• 1718 » Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
• 1725 » Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1731 » Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
• 1734 » John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657)
• 1813 » Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
• 1829 » Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
• 1831 » Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
• 1840 » Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)

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 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.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• 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 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.

The temperature on January 6, 1780 was about 3.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.