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• Alida van Asten, Haarlem († 1860)
• Dirk de Groot, Abcoude-Baambrugge († 1842)
• Ayke Sybens Eggericks († 1826)
• Alida van Aste, Haarlem († 1860)
• Abraham Hershey Stouffer, Stauffertown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1851)
• Anna Maria Iricks, Stein
• Aaltje Pieterdr Bijhouwer, Twisk, Noord Holland († 1832)
• Catharina Godefridus Goort Peter Aarts Loijmans, Sint-Oedenrode
• Aaltje Kraaij, Putten († 1846)
• Arnoldus Maessen (Maesen), Echt († 1835)

• Elisabetha Van Dingenen (75), Tongerlo, 3960, België
• Abraham Levering (26)
• Denis CORNIL (60), Forest-sur-Marque, 59247, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Arij Arijsz van Wijngaarden, Charlois
• Elisabeth van Dingenen (75), Olen, Antwerpen, België
• Charles Crépeau (62), Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
• Cornelius van Dal (4), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bauke Jacobs IJsbrands (0), Tzummarum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arij van Wijngaarden van Wingerde, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dingena (Dingna) Sneep (41), Willemstad

• 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)
• 1812 » Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1871)
• 1817 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician († 1893)
• 1821 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey († 1904)
• 1823 » Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer († 1913)

• 1707 » John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
• 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
• 1789 » Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
• 1794 » Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
• 1815 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)
• 1825 » Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)
• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)

• 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 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
• 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 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
• October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.

The temperature on January 8, 1780 was about -7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.