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• Aart Cornelisz De LANGE, Leidschendam († 1874)
• Anne-Marie Baerts, Gelinden, België († 1791)
• Barbara SAP, Zwevezele
• Alle Wytzes Welling († 1860)
• Aafke Gerlofs Smid, Lippenhuizen, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Betje Benjamin van Engelen, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1871)
• Alle Wietzes Welling, Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Frl., NL († 1860)
• Anna Meinderts van TiGgelen, Moordrecht († 1849)
• Albert van Orden, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Vugt, Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1854)

• Herbert Cornelisz Grootenboer (11), Fijnaart
• Catharina (Trijntje) de Groot (69), Haarlem
• BRITTA (Birgitta) Andersdotter (46), Barnarp,Jö, Zweden
• Capt Robert Allison (71), Cheraw, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
• Herbert Corneliszn. Grootenboer (11), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hilletje Ruijter, Noord-Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Andriessen (4), Rotterdam
• Harmen de Haas
• Conrad Humble (52), Bourbon, Kentucky, United States
• Hermanus Ariens Karreman (77), Haastrecht

• 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic († 1832)
• 1779 » Stephen Decatur, American commander († 1820)
• 1779 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer († 1813)
• 1781 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas († 1836)
• 1793 » Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician († 1855)
• 1808 » Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist († 1881)
• 1834 » William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer († 1861)
• 1838 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic († 1922)
• 1846 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized († 1878)
• 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)

• 1713 » Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
• 1762 » Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
• 1771 » John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1731)
• 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Joannes
7. Gerrit
8. Willem
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Adrianus
15. John
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Joanna
8. Trijntje
9. Grietje
10. Neeltje
11. Marie
12. Aaltje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• 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)
• September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
• September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
• September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
• October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
• December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

The temperature on January 5, 1791 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen winderig.