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• , Doornspijk († 1830)
• Aleijda Huijbers, Slijk-Ewijk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1830)
• Anna Maria Elshocht, Kontich († 1856)
• Antje Mooij, Egmond aan de Hoef († 1845)
• Antje Heertjesdr Laribij, Oost-Vlieland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Haaijes, Zuidhorn († 1853)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus HELLEMONS, Hoeven,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Aalbert ten Brummelaar, Monster († 1833)
• Anna Maria Hendriks, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria CAELS, Weelde, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1842)

• Eultjen LENSINK (50)
• Abraham Rawlinson (71), Lancaster, Lancashire, England
• Anna Helena HAIJES (2), Zuidhorn, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Muyssaert (32), Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
• Anne Barbe SCHWEGER (0), Lemberg, 57, Moselle, Lorraine, France
• Antonia Amelia Wolfsen (91), 's Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Gerritje Hendriksdr van Broekhoven
• Jenneke Adriaan LINTERMANS, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Aemilia Wolfsen (91), Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Jacob Jansz Prins (64), Huijsen, Doopsg.Gem.Huizen-9

• 1704 » John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1757)
• 1740 » James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author († 1795)
• 1808 » Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist († 1873)
• 1812 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright († 1907)
• 1815 » Dan Emmett, American composer († 1904)
• 1822 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal († 1902)
• 1831 » James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia († 1916)
• 1832 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint († 1869)
• 1837 » Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter († 1910)
• 1855 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop († 1939)

• 1666 » Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)
• 1666 » James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)
• 1783 » Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)
• 1804 » Sarah Crosby, the first female Methodist preacher (b. 1729)
• 1829 » Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
• November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

The temperature on October 29, 1780 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken.