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• Akke Wopkes Rauwerda, Heeg († 1859)
• Adriana Catharina van Eulem, Tilburg
• Anderina van Zijll, Hazerswoude († 1818)
• Adriaan Frans Hultermans, Baarle († 1849)
• Abraham Addams, Adamstown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1849)
• Aaltjen Kok, Steenwijk († 1780)
• Anna Cornelia Heerkens, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1828)
• Agatha Habets, Amby, Maastricht († 1861)
• Adriaan Hultermans, Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands
• Aeltjen Kok, Steenwijk

• Joannes van der Mee (69), Keeken
• Johann Georg Stoll (44), Balgheim, Duitsland
• Catharina De Kock (56), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Joanna Catharina Noonu
• Joanna Francisca Roelenbosch (34), Munte
• Hermannus Felderhoff (31)
• Joanna Claessen (2), Neer,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antoine PARENT (82), Baudour,7331,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Jan Joannes van den Diepstraet (66), Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joanna Nonnu, Nuth

• 1753 » Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian († 1827)
• 1766 » Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian († 1815)
• 1781 » Frederica of Baden, Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden († 1826)
• 1784 » William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster († 1856)
• 1795 » George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician († 1858)
• 1795 » William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto († 1861)
• 1806 » Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States († 1863)
• 1807 » James Abbott, Indian Army officer († 1896)
• 1815 » Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician († 1896)
• 1821 » John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada († 1893)

• 1648 » Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
• 1699 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)

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. John
14. Jean
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)
• May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
• 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.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
• October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
• November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

The temperature on March 12, 1780 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.