About the day » Saturday March 18, 1780Calender converter

• Catharina Melis († 1810)
• Antje Jans Brust, Sappemeer
• Derk Houwing, Winsum
• charles lambert jh. CAMBIER, Nimy-Maisières (Belgium) († 1834)
• Alida Janson, Oostvoorne († 1841)
• Derk Leurink, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Dirk Kooper, Amsterdam
• Antoine Chartrand, St. Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada († 1831)
• Anna Mayer, Hajós, 6344, Magyarország († 1864)
• "Ferdinandine" Karoline Eleonore Charlotte von der Asseburg

• Augustinus Devilee (Villé), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik Coenders (45)
• François Maury DAVY (40), Sévignac, 22250, France
• Hendrick Westdorp (55), Stavenisse
• Anthonie Pietersz HOOGENBOOM (86)
• Adrianus De Schryver (0), Denderhoutem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Beatrix (Jatens) Hogeveen (72), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthony HOOGENBOOM (85)
• Anna Catharina Leemans
• Catharina Roox (3), Veldwezelt

• 1780 » Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince († 1860)
• 1782 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States († 1850)
• 1789 » Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor († 1871)
• 1798 » Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher († 1872)
• 1800 » Harriet Smithson, Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz († 1854)
• 1813 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright († 1864)
• 1814 » Jacob Bunn, American businessman († 1897)
• 1819 » James McCulloch, Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria († 1893)
• 1820 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy († 1891)
• 1823 » Antoine Chanzy, French general († 1883)

• 1675 » Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
• 1689 » John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
• 1745 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
• 1768 » Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
• 1781 » Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)

• 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 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• 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 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
• 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.
• December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

The temperature on March 18, 1780 was about 12.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.