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March 17, 1781Born on Sunday March 18, 1781
- Albert Lamberts Dolfing, Eursinge († 1850)
- Adam (INDIANA) Emenheiser, Windsor Township, York County, PA
- Anje Eisses Meijer, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
- adriana van der LINDEN, numansdorp († 1830)
- Anje Eisses, Uithuizen,Gemeente Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
- Aaltje Buning, Assen († 1822)
- Alexander Ramaer, Kessel († 1834)
- Adriana Dirksdr van der Linden, Numansdorp († 1830)
- Aaltjen Jans Buning, Assen († 1822)
- Allegonda Bongaards, Lent, Gelderland, Nederland († 1848)
Died on Sunday March 18, 1781
- Aarjan Teunis Bijl (51), Wognum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Gerben Gerbens (66)
- Anna Angela Röttger, Listrup
- Johanna Agatha van Wageningen (28), Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands
- Leendert Amosz ARKENBOUT (2)
- Lambert François Louis Rubaij (Rubay) (0), Amsterdam
- Janna Dorgelo (0), Hardenberg
- Jan IJDES (7), Sint Anne (Sint Annaparochie), Het Bildt, Fryslân, Nederland
- Fenneken Jansen (1), Warnsveld
- Johanna Agathe van Wageningen (23), Dordrecht, Z.H
Born on March 18
- 1780 » Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince († 1860)
- 1782 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States († 1850)
- 1789 » Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor († 1871)
- 1798 » Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher († 1872)
- 1800 » Harriet Smithson, Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz († 1854)
- 1813 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright († 1864)
- 1814 » Jacob Bunn, American businessman († 1897)
- 1819 » James McCulloch, Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria († 1893)
- 1820 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy († 1891)
- 1823 » Antoine Chanzy, French general († 1883)
Died on March 18
- 1675 » Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
- 1689 » John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
- 1745 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
- 1768 » Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
- 1781 » Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
- 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
- 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
- 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
- 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
- 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
Names that were popular for boys in 1781
- Jan
- Johannes
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Klaas
- John
- Adrianus
Names that were popular for girls in 1781
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Marie
- Joanna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Trijntje
- Adriana
- Neeltje
- Grietje
- Antje
- Elizabeth
- Aaltje
- Jannetje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1781
- 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)
- February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
- February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
- April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
- August 24 » American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
- 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 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
Weather March 18, 1781
The temperature on March 18, 1781 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.