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• Aaltjen Heinhuis, Steenwijk († 1872)
• Arie Boeten, Bussum († 1861)
• Atze Eelkes Bouma († 1792)
• Anna Oprel († 1874)
• Anne Vandermark († 1872)
• Aagje SCHIPPER, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1837)
• Antje Beints de Boer († 1859)
• Adriana van Riel, Loon op Zand
• Atze, Gaastmaburen
• Ansel Maxam

• Arij Haak (3), Rotterdam
• Jacob Vollenweider (93), Switzerland
• Cornelis Hendriksz van Asperen (73), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Henrich Simon (55), Niederlaasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Barthélémy Crépy (54)
• Harmanus LIEFTINK (59)
• hendrikje OOSTERMAN (49), fijnaart
• David Feyken (81), Borkum
• Elisabetha Margaretha Schmeyer (1), Sötern DL
• Hendrikje Jansd Oosterman (49), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1788 » Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author († 1862)
• 1788 » Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist († 1848)
• 1789 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician († 1871)
• 1792 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada († 1840)
• 1798 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic († 1874)
• 1805 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1875)
• 1814 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor († 1879)
• 1814 » Henry L. Benning, American general and judge († 1875)
• 1827 » William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter († 1910)
• 1835 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer († 1907)

• 1742 » James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 » Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 » Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 » Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
• 1845 » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)

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.
• May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• 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.
• September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
• November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
• December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

The temperature on April 2, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.