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• Dirk van den Berg, Rockanje († 1820)
• Barbara Vonckers, Herk de Stad († 1849)
• Anna Gertrudis Mostard, Dieteren († 1838)
• Dirk van den Berg, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1820)
• Anje Jans Lap, Vierhuizen, gem. Ulrum
• Adrianus van Beckum, Uden
• Catharina Huibregts, Princenhage († 1858)
• Dirk Leendertsz van den Berg, Rockanje, 3235, Nederland († 1820)
• Adriana van Helvert, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth van Leeuwen, Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland

• Cornelis Petrus DECKERS (62), Tilburg, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Elisabeth van Daalen (2), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Noppe (74), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Elisabeth Noppen (67), Bleiswijk
• Catharina (Catrine) DILLEN (66), Grevenbicht,Gemeente Sittard-Geleen,Limburg,Nederland
• Adrianus Reijnders (0), Fijnaart
• Hannah Otis (89), Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
• Aalderk Berend Camfferman (51), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Engelbert Joseph Denecker (2), Woumen
• Elisaba Van Jacob de Pinto, Voorburg

• 1742 » Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist († 1809)
• 1758 » André Masséna, French general († 1817)
• 1758 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1824)
• 1769 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1781 » Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author († 1832)
• 1797 » Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer († 1882)
• 1800 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general († 1881)
• 1827 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician († 1891)
• 1836 » Max Eyth, German engineer and author († 1906)

• 1708 » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
• 1757 » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• 1782 » Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Jean
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Joanna
9. Trijntje
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• 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 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
• 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.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

The temperature on May 6, 1780 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.