About the day » Friday August 18, 1780Calender converter

• arie POT, nieuw lekkerland († 1858)
• Geertje VAN EGMOND, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje ten Have, Diepenheim, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Taks, Princenhage (Breda) (Noord-Brabant)
• Anna Catharina Kohnen, Susteren
• Aalbert Willemsz Brinkbergen, Beekbergen († 1856)
• Agrippa Nichols, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1871)
• Barbara van Esch, Oss
• Bernard BRAND, Waldighofen (68640, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein († 1833)

• Catrina Gordijn (49)
• Joanna Catharina Van Wijnacker (59), Temse (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Cornelia Lepelaar (19)
• Jenneke Gerritse Dalm (29), Woudrichem, No.Brab., Neth
• Cornelius Nornertus DONDERS (59), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba SCHOONACKERS, BEERST
• Jannetje Poppe (39), Nieuwvliet, Zeeland, NL
• Jan van der Does (64), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johan Henrich Spiegler (2)
• Cornelius \ Cornelis van 't Schip (0), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1750 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor († 1825)
• 1754 » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer († 1833)
• 1774 » Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician († 1809)
• 1792 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1878)
• 1803 » Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General († 1881)
• 1807 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia († 1893)
• 1819 » Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia († 1876)
• 1822 » Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician († 1862)
• 1830 » Franz Joseph I of Austria († 1916)
• 1831 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician († 1931)

• 1648 » Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1615)
• 1683 » Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
• 1707 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1660)
• 1765 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
• 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
• 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
• 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
• November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
• November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

The temperature on August 18, 1780 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.