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• Cornelis Bastiaan Kramer, Wissenkerke († 1872)
• Geesje Harmens Moed, Giethoorn
• Adriana DROGENDIJK, Puttershoek († 1856)
• François Marsan Lapierre, St-Roch-de-l'Achigan
• Aaltjen Heideman, De Heurne, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Otten, Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Bastiaans Kramer, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antonetta Besterveld, Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1841)
• Adriana Cornelisdr. Drogendijk, Puttershoek Z.H († 1856)
• Antonia Hegeman, Noetsele, Hellendoorn

• Jacob de Cubber (75), Terneuzen
• Harmen Peters Lassche, Beulake, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hillings (79)
• Arij Groenheide (7), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arij Groenheyde (7), Wateringen, Nederland
• Garrit Jansen(Gerrijt) Balkenbroek (78), Nijbroek,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hermen Peters Lassche (56), Beulake, Overijssel, Nederland
• Dirkje Gerrits (40), Doornspijk, Gld. Nederland
• Gerrijt (Janssen) Balkenbroek (72), Nijbroek
• Aaron Bellamy (10), Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

• 1729 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire († 1795)
• 1760 » Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant († 1850)
• 1768 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar († 1834)
• 1785 » William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" († 1853)
• 1787 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line († 1865)
• 1811 » Ludwik Gorzkowski, Polish politician, physicist and revolutionary activist († 1857)
• 1811 » Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang († 1872)
• 1818 » Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist († 1881)
• 1835 » Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier († 1916)
• 1840 » Victoria, Princess Royal of England († 1901)

• 1695 » Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1659)
• 1775 » John Hill, English botanist and author (b. 1719)
• 1782 » Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)
• 1811 » Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
• 1861 » Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
• 1870 » Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
• 1874 » Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)

• 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 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.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• 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.
• November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

The temperature on November 21, 1780 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.