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• Anna Catharina Heijsink, Arnhem
• Abner Beeson, New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, United States († 1803)
• Adriana Ariensdr. Vromesteijn, Hazerswoude-Dorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Cornelia Nuijen, Olburgen Drempt († 1849)
• Anna Gertrud Knaben, Düsseldorf, Wittlaer, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Antoine Brunaud, Le Pin, 36158, France
• Andre Bergevin Langevin, Quebec Beauport, Cap Nat, Quebec, Canada († 1841)
• Angelina Severens, Beringen,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgium
• Christina NEUS, Jüchen, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Arijaantje Kruijt, Overschie

• Gerrit Molenaar (79), Lekkerkerk
• Elisabeth de La Borie (91), château de La Queizie, Saint-Chamassy, Dordogne, France
• Adolf PERQUIN (67), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Francoise LEROUX (55), Ceton,61260, Frankrijk
• Grietje Gerrits List, Oudeschild (Texel, NH)
• Helena Davids Koevoet (20), BerkelRodenrijs
• amélie jh. CAMBIER (0), Eugies (Belgium) Hainaut
• Joannes Derveaux
• Elizabetha Van Gorp (60), Werchter
• Imkje Sipkes HALBERTSMA (28), Haulerwijk, Friesland, Nederland

• 1766 » Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author († 1844)
• 1770 » Frederick William III of Prussia († 1840)
• 1803 » Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace († 1865)
• 1808 » Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State († 1893)
• 1811 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company († 1861)
• 1817 » Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen († 1895)
• 1823 » Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana († 1867)
• 1832 » Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director († 1914)
• 1840 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician († 1929)
• 1850 » Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic († 1926)

• 1720 » Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (b. 1641)
• 1721 » Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
• 1761 » Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (b. 1691)
• 1773 » Stanisław Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1780 » Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemiologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
• 1792 » Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)
• 1797 » Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)
• 1805 » Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (b. 1724)
• 1835 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
• 1839 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (b. 1763)

• 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)
• January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
• May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
• May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
• October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
• 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 August 3, 1780 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.