About the day » Thursday May 4, 1780Calender converter

• Berend Silvold, Zutphen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1846)
• Antonia Adriana Kelfkens, Utrecht Jacobikerk Utrecht (NL) († 1827)
• Angelus (Angelinus) van den Akker, Maasland, Midden-Delfland († 1838)
• Aaltjen Wilderink, Geesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• "Froutje" Simonsdr Duijnker, Den Hoorn (Texel)
• ARIJ VAN DER WINDT, VLAARDINGEN
• Anna Meers, Reek-Bilzen († 1853)
• Anna Cornelissen Kleinveld, Woudenberg († 1819)
• Anna Warmenhoven, Loosduinen († 1794)
• Arij Kolders, Willemstad († 1782)

• Catherine HOUBION (62), Namur,5000,Namen,Wallonië,BELGIË
• Anna Slegers, Kuringen, Luik, België
• Gerrit Lut
• *Adriana Kil (53), Stabroek
• Francois Antoine Parent (0), St Francois du Lac, Quebec, Canada
• Adriana Kil (54), Stabroek
• Egidius JONCKHEERE, Kachtem
• Catharina Pijper (27), Maasbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan van Doorn (0), Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje de Boer (27), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1752 » John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts († 1825)
• 1757 » Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City († 1816)
• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 1796 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician († 1859)
• 1796 » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar († 1859)
• 1796 » William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1862)
• 1820 » John Whiteaker, American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st Governor of Oregon († 1902)
• 1820 » Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States († 1889)

• 1734 » James Thornhill, English painter and politician (b. 1675)
• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)

• 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 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
• 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 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.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
• November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

The temperature on May 4, 1780 was about 14.0 °C. Weather type: zeer betrokken.