About the day » Tuesday October 2, 1781Calender converter

• Anthonia van Wijmen, Gouda († 1825)
• Anna Stuijts, Stabroek
• Gerrit Monrooij, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1849)
• Charles Edwardes NOEL, Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland († 1866)
• Adriana Rombouts, Princenhage († 1864)
• Elisabeth Goosens *Goossens, Beek, Limburg, Nederland († 1839)
• Charles Noel († 1866)
• Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Pfuel, Jahnsfelde, Muencheberg, Allemagne († 1846)
• van de Heijsteeg, Hoogland († 1857)

• Catharina Snoeren (24), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Caecilia FREDERICKX (50), Swalmen, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Ros (76), Scheveningen
• Anne Thérèse LOBBEDEY (0), Zuydcoote,59123,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Benedictus Van den Steen (2), Vlekkem
• Cornelis Corneliszn Ros (76), Scheveningen
• Anna Margaretha Menges (3), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Cornelis Cornelisse ROS, Scheveningen
• Adrianus van Breda (54), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherine LE MARECHAL (67), Grâce-Berleur,4460,Luik,Wallonië,BELGIË

• 1718 » Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic († 1800)
• 1727 » Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian entomologist and academic († 1806)
• 1768 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician († 1854)
• 1798 » Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831–49) († 1849)
• 1800 » Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader († 1831)
• 1815 » James Agnew, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania († 1901)
• 1821 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general († 1908)
• 1824 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman († 1884)
• 1828 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France († 1896)
• 1832 » Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic († 1917)

• 1724 » François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644)
• 1746 » Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666)
• 1764 » William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
• 1775 » Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Japanese nun and poet (b. 1703)
• 1780 » John André, English soldier (b. 1750)
• 1782 » Charles Lee, English-born American general (b. 1732)
• 1786 » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)

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)
• January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
• February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

The temperature on October 2, 1781 was about 14.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.