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• Bote Gerrits Nieuwland, De Valom, Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1810)
• Arend Johanniszn Buth, Sommelsdijk († 1841)
• Alida Verhoeckx, Rossum, Gelderland, Nederland († 1866)
• Catharina van de Koevering, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1850)
• Christiane Friederike Sophie Pfeilsticker, Brettach (Heilbronn) († 1859)
• (Anna) Catharine Clara Maria HAGEDORN, Fockinghausen, parish of Oldendorf, Hassbergen, Hannover, Germany († 1841)
• Catharina van de Coevering, St. Michielsgestel,No, Nederland
• Anna Catrijna Limpherts Hilbrink, Hall (Brummen), Gelderland, Nederland
• Abigail Strout, Androscoggin, Maine († 1820)
• Anna Maria Christina Hülsman, Telgte, Germany

• Anna Petronella Mariën (38), Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Frans Elofs (58), Niel, Antwerpen, België
• Catharina Elisabeth Halmans (54), Broeksittard
• Hendricus Paulus Verberne (88), Asten,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anna Brouwers, Duffel
• Godefridus Geurten (58), Eijsden
• Hendrik Cornelisz. Caarsgaren (34), Laren
• Gertrud Dickel (0), Berghausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Petronella Mariën (38), Heist-op-den-Berg
• Herman Wetzels, Voerendaal,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1740 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician († 1849)
• 1747 » Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1777 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer († 1859)
• 1778 » Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist († 1858)
• 1794 » Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1852)
• 1809 » Edward FitzGerald, English poet and translator († 1883)
• 1809 » Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright († 1852)
• 1809 » Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer († 1864)
• 1813 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) († 1898)
• 1819 » Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst († 1901)

• 1723 » Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1661)
• 1741 » Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (b. 1668)
• 1751 » Frederick, Prince of Wales, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (b. 1707)
• 1797 » Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (b.1745)
• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)

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 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
• September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
• 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 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 March 31, 1781 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.