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• Angelique Therese Vanmiddelem, Handzame West-Vlaanderen België († 1842)
• Arend van der Veer, Den Bommel († 1867)
• Anna van de Klundert, Zevenbergen († 1800)
• "Charlotte" Mélanie de Carvoisin († 1874)
• Apollonia Hemelaar, Hontenisse
• Alida van Gogh, Schiedam († 1792)
• Antje Gaeles (Geles) Hoekstra, Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1879)
• , Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Nederland († 1872)
• Ale Annes (Aale van der Velde, Oldelamer, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1861)
• Arie van Berkel, Maassluis (ZH-NLD)

• Cesar SYX, Zonnebeke,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Alegondis Hanraets (53), Horst
• Anna Maria Gabina Borgman (0), Krüssel, Haren, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Catharina van Gorp (Gorpen) (40), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Cornelis Arijszn van der Marel (81), 's-Gravenzande
• Catharina van Gorp, Tilburg
• Catharina Anthonia van Gorp (40), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Gabina Borgmann (0), Krüssel, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Catharina van Gorp (44), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Catharina Francesca Costa de Beauregard (66), Chambéry, Rhône-Alpes

• 1749 » Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning († 1841)
• 1753 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist († 1815)
• 1755 » Louis XVIII, king of France († 1824)
• 1765 » Jacques MacDonald, French general († 1840)
• 1769 » Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1818)
• 1790 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer († 1868)
• 1793 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic († 1865)
• 1816 » August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian († 1876)
• 1827 » Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet († 1895)
• 1835 » Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio († 1915)

• 1747 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)
• 1776 » James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)
• 1780 » Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1796 » Catherine the Great, of Russia (b. 1729)
• 1808 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)
• 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
• 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)

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)
• January 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
• March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
• August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
• September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
• December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

The temperature on November 17, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.