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Born on Saturday March 4, 1780
Died on Saturday March 4, 1780

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 4, 1780 at Delpher


Born on March 4
  • 1756 » Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter and educator († 1823)
  • 1760 » Hugh Ronalds, British nurseryman who cultivated and documented 300 varieties of apples († 1833)
  • 1760 » William Payne, English painter († 1830)
  • 1769 » Muhammad Ali, Ottoman military leader and pasha († 1849)
  • 1770 » Joseph Jacotot, French philosopher and academic († 1840)
  • 1778 » Robert Emmet, Irish commander († 1803)
  • 1781 » Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist († 1869)
  • 1782 » Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss philosopher, author, and academic († 1830)
  • 1792 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher († 1886)
  • 1793 » Karl Lachmann, German philologist and critic († 1851)

Died on March 4

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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1780
  • 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.
  • September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
  • September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
  • October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
  • November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
Weather March 4, 1780

The temperature on March 4, 1780 was about 3.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.

Source: KNMI