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• Anna Maria VERBRAECK, Nispen-Essen, Antwerpen, België († 1819)
• Anna "Antje" Hoogkamer, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1860)
• albert honoré ferdinand FARINEAU, Mons,Hainaut (Belgium) "Paroisse de St. Germain"
• Cornelis de Kinderen, Tilburg († 1849)
• Francina Godardina Constantia van Lynden, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1825)
• Geertrui de Jong, Tilburg († 1826)
• Antje Meesdr Hoogkamer, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1860)
• Agnes Todd ****, Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
• Anna Verhoeven, Herpt en Bern († 1872)
• Arnoldus de Wit, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1784)

• Eijke Ekelmans (34), Zuilichem, Gelderland, Pays-Bas
• Cornelia DELANOY (67), New City, Rockland County, New York
• Evertje Cornelis Hagedoorn (63), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Angeniesse Fonteyne (35)
• Jan den Houter (50), Amsterdam
• Hendrikje Jans (67), Otterlo
• Jeanne Thérèse MOURA (64), Denain,59172,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Jannetje Gerritsdr Koorneef (72), Barendrecht
• Arnoldus Mattia Janse SLAATS (54), Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Osevius (66), IJsselmonde

• 1721 » George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1775)
• 1741 » Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator († 1816)
• 1748 » Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright († 1820)
• 1767 » Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen († 1798)
• 1775 » Agnes Bulmer, English poet and author († 1836)
• 1797 » Stephen Geary, English architect, inventor and entrepreneur († 1854)
• 1802 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general († 1834)
• 1821 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist († 1894)
• 1823 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1907)
• 1834 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator († 1886)

• 1730 » Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (b. 1660)
• 1741 » Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (b. 1681)
• 1772 » William Borlase, English geologist and historian (b. 1695)
• 1795 » François-André Danican Philidor, French-English chess player and composer (b. 1726)
• 1799 » Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (b. 1720)
• 1811 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)
• 1814 » Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
• 1817 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)
• 1818 » Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)
• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)

• 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.
• March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
• April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
• August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• 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.
• November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

The temperature on August 31, 1780 was about 24.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.