About the day » Wednesday December 20, 1780Calender converter

• ANNA CATHERINA HUFEKNS, Geel († 1873)
• Coleta Constantia Devloo, Oostnieuwkerke West Vlaanderen België († 1850)
• Alardus Coenders, Lottum († 1864)
• Barbera Daniëls Rijkens, Zuidwolde, gem. Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1846)
• Dimphna (Dingena) de Bruijn, Rucphen († 1809)
• Cornelis Klaassen (Knelis Klaazen) Mol, Nunspeet († 1827)
• Aarisje Drost († 1781)
• Berendina Heinen, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• "Wouterus" Waltherus Simon Waltherus Simon, Tilburg, NL († 1853)
• Delilia Susanna Murphy (White) Wvm3, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1851)

• Hendrik Alderts Hendriks (0), Surhuizum
• Maria Bloklander, Barwoutswaarde
• Joanna Clara Boogaert (21), Klerken
• Marcus VANDERWEGEN (62), Bierbeek
• van Baest
• Jenneken Bentinks (Groot Bentink) (45)
• Catrina Keukelaar, Terneuzen
• Jean François PESEZ, Gonnehem,62376,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• John WALTON, Of Streethay
• Louis Robichaud (76), Québec, Quebec, Canada

• 1740 » Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat († 1792)
• 1786 » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer († 1853)
• 1792 » Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator († 1845)
• 1806 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1871)
• 1812 » Laura M. Hawley Thurston, American poet and educator († 1842)
• 1838 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator († 1926)
• 1841 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1861 » Ferdinand Bonn, German actor († 1933)
• 1861 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter († 1926)
• 1865 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator († 1950)

• 1722 » Kangxi, emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Louis, dauphin of France (b. 1729)
• 1768 » Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)
• 1783 » Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)
• 1812 » Sacagawea, American explorer (b. 1788)
• 1820 » John Bell, American farmer (b. 1750)
• 1856 » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
• 1862 » Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)

• 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)
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• 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 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
• December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

The temperature on December 20, 1780 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.