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• Andries Schilperoort, Goudswaard († 1853)
• Aaltje Kleijn, Durgerdam († 1847)
• Adriana van de Water, Beesd
• Anna Maria Driessen, Donsbrueggen Dld († 1840)
• Pieter Kornelis Janssonius, Zeerijp († 1826)
• Aaltje Bleumink, Epe († 1830)
• Aaltjen van Veen, Genemuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aldert Olferts, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Agnes Jamieson, Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland († 1824)
• Adrijjanus Willemsz van Gemeren, Pernis, Nederland († 1785)

• Grietje Wouters (42), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan Teunisz van Vliet (46)
• Abeltje Jans (1), Niekerk, Oldekerk
• Elisabeth Coenen, Maasniel, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelius De Rijck (62), Bambrugge
• Maria Agnes Baurmans (0), Kerkrade
• Johannes Cornelis Eland (51), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charlotte Dorothea Maichel (47), Stuttgart
• Maria WELKENHUYSEN, Boorsem, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Jan Claasz Van NES (44)

• 1724 » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal († 1797)
• 1740 » Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general († 1814)
• 1748 » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher († 1793)
• 1763 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general († 1813)
• 1767 » Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia († 1820)
• 1774 » William Bainbridge, American commodore († 1833)
• 1787 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal († 1858)
• 1812 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright († 1889)
• 1833 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer († 1897)
• 1836 » Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1926)

• 1685 » Bajo Pivljanin (b. 1630)
• 1718 » Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
• 1793 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
• 1800 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1805 » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
• 1815 » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
• 1825 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
• 1840 » Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)
• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)

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)
• March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
• 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 May 7, 1780 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.