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• Anna Elisabeth ter Haar, Renkum
• Abraham Lucas, Schiedam
• Antonius Van Dooren, Veldhoven (NL)
• Antonij Meesters, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Wiegers Ruiter, Nederland († 1849)
• Aaltje Ligt, Beekbergen (Apeldoorn) († 1857)
• Baartje Dirksdr van der beij, Monster
• Ana Felícia do Amor Divino, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Annigje de Ruiter, Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Licht, Hall (Brummen) († 1857)

• Cers Evertsen van de Pol (72), Elspeet
• Guurtje Ariens Moolenaar (0), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendricks Bakker (36), Huizen
• Cors Evertsen van de Kolk (72), Elspeet
• Barbara Addiers (75), Ruisbroek, Antwerpen, Belgium
• François Ely Joseph Baudry (76), Beaurepaire sur Sambre, 59550, France
• Cors Evertsen van de Pol, Elspeet
• Adolf HENDRIKS (10), Niebert, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Abrahamsz Hollebeek (41), Leiden
• Alexander Baillie (35), King Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina., Verenigde Staten

• 1729 » Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer († 1777)
• 1730 » Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1781)
• 1760 » William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician († 1844)
• 1762 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist († 1813)
• 1771 » Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer († 1842)
• 1791 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author († 1859)
• 1808 » Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee († 1873)
• 1832 » Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States († 1892)
• 1832 » Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter († 1884)
• 1835 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist († 1920)

• 1684 » Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
• 1693 » Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
• 1708 » John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
• 1768 » Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
• 1788 » William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
• 1837 » Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
• 1864 » Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 » Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)

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)
• 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".
• 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 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.
• 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 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 October 1, 1780 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.