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• Berend Boer, Gorssel († 1855)
• Elisabetha Vogel, Praest, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Dirk van Meijer, Hem
• Aaltje Compas, Twisk, Nederland († 1854)
• Berend Boers, Gorssel († 1855)
• Dirk (Maijer) van Meijer, Hem, Venhuizen, Drechterland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1858)
• Anne Barbe SCHWEGER, Lemberg, 57, Moselle, Lorraine, France († 1780)
• Folkert Alberts, Wester Bakkeveen
• Franciscus Verschuren, Aarle-Rixtel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelie Meers, Rosmeer, Bilzen, Limburg, Belgium

• Boudewijn Laurensz van den Bosch (83), Koudekerk aan den Rijn
• Jan Jansz Laan, Middelie
• Guillemette PROVOST (75), Saint Leonard-,Ille et Vilaine-,Bretagne-, Frankrijk
• Gerardus Harte (25), Rotterdam prodeo
• Catharina Zwillen (39), Overpelt B
• Ida Piraers, Zelem
• Abraham ds. Wassenbergh (79), Franeker (Friesland) NL
• Grietje Pleunen van Krimpen (59), Dussen
• Anna Maria Kirchholtes (72), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Gerresheim, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Agatha Zeeridder (49)

• 1733 » Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer († 1803)
• 1754 » John Laurens, American soldier († 1782)
• 1767 » Marie of Hesse-Kassel († 1852)
• 1793 » Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms († 1861)
• 1794 » Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon († 1847)
• 1804 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist († 1849)
• 1815 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician († 1856)
• 1816 » Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer († 1903)
• 1837 » Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun († 1913)
• 1839 » Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 1909)

• 1754 » Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
• 1755 » Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (b. 1700)
• 1768 » Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (b. 1700)
• 1787 » Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (b. 1735)
• 1792 » John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (b. 1724)
• 1792 » Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (b. 1710)
• 1800 » Artemas Ward, American general and politician (b. 1727)
• 1806 » Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (b. 1749)
• 1818 » Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)

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 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
• November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

The temperature on October 28, 1780 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: betrokken.