About the day » Friday March 17, 1780Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Beckers, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1820)
• Ann Rochester Ebanks Bent, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, Colony of British Commonwealth
• Antoine Joseph POULAIN, Sauchy-Cauchy, 62780, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1814)
• Cornelia Pieternella Boekhof, Amsterdam
• Cornelius Wilhelm Boll, Schermbeck (Dld), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Cynthia Voorhies, Queens, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina Straetmans, Berg
• Bauke Sijbrandusz Metz, Menaldum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1838)
• Abraham Schut, Apeldoorn († 1782)
• Catherina Van Mechelen, Malines

• Anna Catharina Verhaegen, Beerzel, België
• Dieuwertje Pieters (48), Andijk
• Catharina Cornelis JANSSEN, Diessen, 3492, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Judith Leijten, Maren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaan Alberts Schonewille (40)
• Anne Jeanne SEGARD (54), Rieux-en-Cambrésis,59277,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Vissers, Roggel, Nederland
• Elisabeth MATTENET (0), Savigny
• Cornelis Cornelisz Briefjes (42), Bergen
• Geen CAPTEIJN (76), Lekkerkerk

• 1725 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician († 1806)
• 1777 » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author († 1861)
• 1777 » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States († 1864)
• 1780 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator († 1847)
• 1781 » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator († 1849)
• 1804 » Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer († 1881)
• 1806 » Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer († 1894)
• 1820 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author († 1897)
• 1834 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft († 1900)
• 1839 » Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer († 1901)

• 1715 » Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
• 1741 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
• 1764 » George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
• 1782 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)

• 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.
• September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
• 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 March 17, 1780 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.