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• Cornelia Dorst, Stavenisse († 1860)
• Dirk Johannes Voogd, Nes († 1831)
• Cornelia Cornelisse Dorst, Stavenisse († 1860)
• Cornelis Vogelaar, puttershoek (zuid holland) († 1833)
• Arij Assenberg, Oostvoorne, Westvoorne, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Arij Jacobszn. Assenberg, Oostvoorne, Holland, Nederland
• Dominicus Cornelis SCHEPERS, Roosendaal-Nispen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Barbara Van Hecke, Maldegem
• Arnolda van Laanen, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Doeff, Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland

• Cornelis Michielsen (46), Koegorspolder
• Adriaan van Dijke (46), St. Maartensdijk
• Aalbertjen Jans, Otterlo
• Henriette Stanhope (30)
• ANNA MARIA (FISCHER) FISHER (73), Upper Frederick Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania
• Aalbertjen Jans (43), Otterlo (Ede)
• Cornelia Jansen, Koegorspolder
• * Petrus Hendriks (Peter) Verscheuren (Verschuren) (78), Vlijmen
• Aalbertje (43), Otterloo
• "Trijntje" Cornelisdr van der Marel (80), Maasland

• 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
• 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
• 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
• 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
• 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
• 1827 » Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician († 1914)
• 1833 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician († 1893)
• 1836 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author († 1917)
• 1836 » Queen Emma of Hawaii († 1885)
• 1837 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer († 1910)

• 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Joannes
5. Hendrik
6. Cornelis
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jean
12. Jacobus
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Joanna
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Trijntje
10. Adriana
11. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
• September 4 » Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
• September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
• September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on January 2, 1781 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.