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• Aagje Lans, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel († 1857)
• Anna Maria Schouppe, Nieuwerkerken († 1857)
• Anna Hauschild, Groß Wohnste No. 5 († 1842)
• Abel Claasen Voogd van Dijk, Warffum, Nederland († 1810)
• Adrianus Norbertus van Loon, Ravels, Antw-Kemp, Be († 1859)
• Aaltje Dirksdr. Onderwater, Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland († 1853)
• Aagje Lans, Stormpolder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1857)
• Adriaan Leenaers, Bavel († 1869)
• Adrianus Janse van de Laar, Sint-Oedenrode († 1847)
• Abel Eppo, Warffum († 1810)

• Antonetta Mouw (63), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Caspar Friedrich von Bülow (59)
• Baroness Maria Theresia of Gelder
• Albert Willems Heetbrink - Noever (50), Bathmen
• Elizabeth FRERIKS (4), Midwolda, Scheemda, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonetta Mouw (62), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Evertje Blaauwendraad (9), Woudenberg, Utrecht, NL
• Eeuwe Jans Rosema (44), Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Engeltje Robijnsdr Gaastra (62), Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius de Backer, Steenbergen,Gemeente Steenbergen,North Brabant,Nederland

• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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. Grietje
12. Neeltje
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 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
• January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.

The temperature on May 20, 1781 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: betrokken regen.