About the day » Saturday November 17, 1781Calender converter

• Adrianus van der Sar, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wolven, Vaassen (Gem.Epe) († 1825)
• clément ABRASSART, Wasmes (Belgium)
• Elisabeth Victoire JOLY, Lunéville, 54329, Meurthe et Moselle, Lorraine, France († 1849)
• Alexander Fabian Graaf en Burggraaf van Dohna-Schlobitten, Slobity (Schlobitten), Ermland-Masurië, Polen († 1850)
• Catharina de Jong, Oosterhout
• Cornelius van Nuenen, Hilvarenbeek
• Anna Maria van de Laar, Gemert († 1841)
• Andreas HERINCKX, Sint-Stevens-Woluwe (B) († 1854)
• Betsey Huntington, Norwich

• Dries Berghuis (25), Elburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Mouwen (51), Wouw,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Dirk van Bladeren (0), Baambrugge
• Elisabeth De Cock (31), Herzele
• Asher Rossiter Rev (65), Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States
• Catharina Roset (73), Roosendaal
• Elisabeth Hartmans (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Gummarus VAN DEN CAUWELAER (46), Meerle,2328,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Alexandre Harman (46), Amsterdam
• Catharina Kerkhofs (53), Mol, 2400, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1729 » Maria Antonia Ferdinanda, Sardinian queen consort († 1785)
• 1749 » Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning († 1841)
• 1753 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist († 1815)
• 1755 » Louis XVIII, king of France († 1824)
• 1765 » Jacques MacDonald, French general († 1840)
• 1769 » Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1818)
• 1790 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer († 1868)
• 1793 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic († 1865)
• 1816 » August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian († 1876)
• 1827 » Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet († 1895)

• 1713 » Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
• 1747 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)
• 1776 » James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)
• 1780 » Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1796 » Catherine the Great, of Russia (b. 1729)
• 1808 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)
• 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
• 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)

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)
• January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• 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 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.

The temperature on November 17, 1781 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.