About the day » Sunday January 7, 1781Calender converter

• Aalt Groenestein, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1838)
• Aaltje van de Kraats († 1848)
• Abram Keijzer, Maasland († 1823)
• (Anna) Maria Elisabeth de Brui(j)n, Kampen, Ov, The Netherlands († 1842)
• abraham KEIZER, maasland († 1823)
• Abraham Huijbertsz van der Have, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Hendriks Westerhuis, Hoogeveen († 1858)
• Albert Zweverink, Lochem
• Abraham Simpelaar, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1822)
• Adriana Prooijen van, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antoine Devienne (78), Chéreng, 59146, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Gen John Lewis Jr (55), Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
• Anna Maria Vandenberghe (50), Aartrijke, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anje Harms (36), 't Zandt
• Cornelius Petrus Van Den Eynden, Brecht
• Barend van der Meer (82), Haarlem
• Claude DELETANG (58), Luzé, 37120, France
• Aldegundis van Kalkar, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Fielding (Col) Lewis (55), Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia
• Hendrina Wijnhoven (0), Blitterswijk

• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)
• 1827 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time († 1915)
• 1830 » Albert Bierstadt, American painter († 1902)
• 1831 » Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union († 1897)
• 1832 » James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria († 1908)

• 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
• 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
• 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
• 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)

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. Antje
13. Grietje
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 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• 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.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on January 7, 1781 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist.