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• Bernardus Josephus DE BRAUWERE, Jabbeke,8490,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1861)
• Auguste Elisabeth Sturmfeder van Oppenweiler-Lerch van Dirmstein, Oppenweiler, Baden-Württemberg († 1809)
• Alegonda Jacoba de Grave, Makassar, Zuid-Celebes († 1813)
• Antje van der Valck
• Bartha Mechelina Wassinkmaat, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1847)
• Berend Janssen Modderkolk, Loenen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1845)
• Catherine Cooper, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States († 1860)
• Berendina Niessing, Millingen aan de Rijn, Nederland († 1864)
• Alegonda Alagunda Jacoba de Grave, Makassar, Celebes, Indonesia († 1813)
• Catharina Dubbelt, Rotterdam († 1820)

• Anne Catherine EGGEN (65), Kerkom-bij-Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Helena FLIPKENS PHILIPKENS (32), Neeroeteren (B)
• Jakobus Pieters Van Der TULP (34)
• Catharina Vervoort (2), Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgi
• Jacobus Pieterszn van der Tulp (34)
• Claire Goudard (66), Pinols, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Catharina Enscheda (70), Utrecht
• Christoffel Lumkeman (0), Amsterdam
• Helena Barentsdr. van der Starp (76), Wassenaar aangifte
• Engelbertus Ambrosius Verlent (61), Lokeren, East Flanders, Belgium

• 1752 » John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts († 1825)
• 1757 » Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City († 1816)
• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 1796 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician († 1859)
• 1796 » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar († 1859)
• 1796 » William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1862)
• 1820 » John Whiteaker, American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st Governor of Oregon († 1902)
• 1820 » Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States († 1889)

• 1734 » James Thornhill, English painter and politician (b. 1675)
• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)

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 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.
• March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
• 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.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on May 4, 1781 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.