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• Catharine Ilse TIEMANN, Essern, Diepenau, Niedersachsen († 1836)
• Barbara Cambré, Nijlen, België († 1790)
• Adriana van den Heuvel, Hilvarenbeek
• 00 Henricus Minsen, Oud-Zevenaar, Gem. Zevenaar, Gelderland, NL († 1842)
• Adriana van den Heuvel, Hilvarenbeek
• Alof (Adolph Adolf Alef Albert) Bruil (Ged. Bruyël Bruijl Bruijel Bruyl ), Doetinchem ambt († 1847)
• Alof Bruijl, Zelhem († 1847)
• Anna Maria Verbiest, Booischot
• arie melisz NAAKTGEBOREN, 's-gravendeel(zh) († 1822)
• Anthonie Heijblom, 's-Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1780)

• Adriaantje (Ariaantje) Roskam Jdr (40)
• Claas Pietersz Pronk (50), Sloten, gem. Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Bastiaan Boudewijnsz van Bezoijen (56), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Kroon (9), Brouwershaven, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zld, NL
• Arij Pietersz Verkade (81), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Claes Hendriks Bul (82)
• Bauke Klaasz Wijker (3), Egmond aan Zee
• Claase Pronk (68), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Rabett (70), Grundisburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
• Catharina Van Loock, Reet, 2840, Rumst, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)
• 1827 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time († 1915)
• 1830 » Albert Bierstadt, American painter († 1902)
• 1831 » Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union († 1897)
• 1832 » James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria († 1908)

• 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
• 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
• 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
• 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)

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 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• 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.
• September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• 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.

The temperature on January 7, 1780 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.