About the day » Tuesday May 9, 1780Calender converter

• Adrianus Philipsen, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bregtje Gatzes, Engwierum, Oostdongeradeel, FRI, Nederland († 1830)
• Adrianus Josephus Torfs, Lier 2500, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Cornelis Pietersz Metselaar, Oosterend (Texel, NH)
• Christianus Adriani Ploeghmaeckers, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1798)
• Antje Jelles (aka Osinga) Vollema, Uitwellingerga († 1852)
• Adriana van Houtem, Heeswijk († 1849)
• Cosme Damien Joseph De Le Ville, Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
• Adrainus Philips, Nieuw-Vossemeer
• Adriana Wolfert, Axel

• Derk Lieftink ( alias Wesselink) (75), Aalten
• Frans Nicolaus BARTLING, Utrecht, 5553, Utrecht, Nederland
• Clemens August Von Merveldt (57), Lembeck
• Gerrit den Hoed (75), Ridderkerk
• Gerrit Jansz Den HOED (76), Ridderkerk
• Gerrit den Hoed(T) (75), Ridderkerk
• Anthonia van Hassel (4), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Rijnders (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clemens August Maria Lodewijk Ulrich Graaf van Merveldt Vrijheer van Lembeck (57), Lembeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Agnès PITROIS (68), Chemillé-sur-Indrois, 37460, France

• 1740 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; d. 1816)
• 1746 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer († 1818)
• 1763 » János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author († 1845)
• 1800 » John Brown, American activist († 1859)
• 1801 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood († 1866)
• 1814 » John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright († 1880)
• 1823 » Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1824 » Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author († 1896)
• 1825 » James Collinson, Victorian painter († 1881)
• 1836 » Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart († 1912)

• 1736 » Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
• 1745 » Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
• 1747 » John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)
• 1760 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
• 1789 » Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
• 1790 » William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
• 1791 » Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
• 1805 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)

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 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 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

The temperature on May 9, 1780 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.