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• Arie Maartensz Van STEENIS, Geldermalsen († 1846)
• Abigail Westerhof, Middelstum
• Anna Catharina Tarpell, Eijgelshoven,,Nederland († 1843)
• Arie Louwe, Rotterdam
• Dirck Gerritsz. van der Bijl, Voorschoten
• Andries (Dries) Peperkamp, Herveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1861)
• Alida van Eenbergen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie(n) Steenis, Geldermalsen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Dijck, Lottum († 1810)
• Andries Peperkamp, Herveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1861)

• Boldewijn de Wit (74), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Hendrik de Bondt (1), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Augustinus Holland (42), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria van Hees (0), Son, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Joannes van RIJSBERGEN (60), Princenhage, Breda, 3379, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Germaine BERNARD (66), Notre-Dame-de-Monts, 85690, France
• Jannetje van der Voorden (0), Capelle aan den IJssel, Provincie Zuid-Holland
• Jacobus Aarssen (35), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Oost Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Nederland
• Guijljelma Heijmans (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henrica Jansen (43), Malden, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1714 » John Winthrop, American astronomer and educator († 1779)
• 1778 » Marie Thérèse of France († 1851)
• 1796 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic († 1873)
• 1797 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist († 1838)
• 1817 » James J. Archer, American lawyer and general († 1864)
• 1820 » Mary Livermore, American journalist and activist († 1905)
• 1825 » George Frederick Bristow, American violinist and composer († 1898)
• 1831 » Bernice Pauahi Bishop, American philanthropist († 1884)
• 1849 » Henry Clay Frick, American businessman and financier († 1919)
• 1852 » Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)

• 1741 » Vitus Bering, Danish-Russian hydrographer and explorer (b. 1681)
• 1745 » Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
• 1749 » Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)
• 1807 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (b. 1723)
• 1813 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (b. 1744)
• 1819 » Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1818)
• 1851 » Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter (b. 1775)
• 1878 » Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843)

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 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).
• October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
• 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 December 19, 1780 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.