About the day » Thursday March 23, 1780Calender converter

• Aafje Pieters Nan, Hem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1846)
• Anna Margaretha Bürgel, Düsseldorf, Bilk, Rheinland, Deutschland († 1850)
• Berend Havercate, Hengelo († 1858)
• Anna Catharina VAN RILLAER, Leuven († 1836)
• Cornelis Engelsz (van) Pel, Egmond aan Zee († 1818)
• Adriaan Kouwelaar, Teteringen, Nederland († 1824)
• Anna-Catharina Van Rillaer, LEUVEN BEL, 3000 († 1836)
• Bernard Gailliaert, Sint-Joris-ten-Distel (Beernem)
• Arthur Jean Charles de Roquefeuil
• Anna Jacopse Berkhout, Lisse († 1841)

• Elisabet Bastiaans Kamermans (13), Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Gessner (5), Hesselbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jan J. Fokker (27), Kockengen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jan van der Smit (0), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hindrik Cornelius Smit (2)
• Corneel Laureijssens (77), Schilde, Antwerpen, België
• Harmen Derk Roerdink (72), Winterswijk
• Anna (Johanna) Krijt (53), Amsterdam, NH, NL (Vrouwen Gasthuis)
• Harmannus - Willems Kwappenberg (1), Terwolde {GE}
• Hermanus van Keulen (55), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1732 » Princess Marie Adélaïde of France († 1800)
• 1749 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer († 1827)
• 1750 » Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer († 1812)
• 1754 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer († 1802)
• 1769 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat († 1832)
• 1769 » William Smith, English geologist and cartographer († 1839)
• 1823 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States († 1885)
• 1826 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer († 1917)
• 1834 » Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer († 1858)
• 1838 » Marie Adam-Doerrer, Swiss women's rights activist and unionist († 1908)

• 1680 » Nicolas Fouquet, French politician (b. 1615)
• 1742 » Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French historian and author (b. 1670)
• 1747 » Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (b. 1675)
• 1748 » Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and critic (b. 1693)
• 1783 » Charles Carroll, English barrister and politician (b. 1723)
• 1792 » Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (b. 1713)
• 1801 » Paul I, Russian emperor (b. 1754)
• 1842 » Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)

• 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".
• 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.
• 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 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
• 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 23, 1780 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.