About the day » Thursday May 12, 1791Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Wouters, Balen, België († 1864)
• Cornelis 't JONG, Sliedrecht
• Antje Dirks Broer, Scharwoude
• Balthasar Kramer, Amersfoort († 1842)
• Cornelius Verstappen, Aarle-Rixtel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Cornelis Henrici VERSTAPPEN, Rixtel, Aarle-Rixtel, 3265, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1869)
• Apolonia Noordermeer, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1870)
• Cornelius von Halem, Greetsiel († 1847)
• Anton HÜNDGEN, Eschweiler-Hastenrath,52249,Städteregion Aachen,NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN,DEUTSCHLAND
• David Conger Todd, Shelby County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1852)

• Emerentiana Duijvenvoorde, Voorhout
• Hendrik Jacobs Spruijt (45), Demmerik
• Auguste Maria van Crailsheim (28)
• ADRIAAN SNAPHAAN (43)
• Henrica Bouwmans (9), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Leenderz johan van der Voort (63), Sassenheim
• Joanna Hoendervangers (33), Wouw, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Jannetje Sachariasse de Puyt (60), Schore
• Alegonda Willem Schellekens (22), Gemonde, Boxtel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacob Zachariasz. Mesman (0), Bleiswijk

• 1767 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1851)
• 1774 » Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician († 1853)
• 1777 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman († 1855)
• 1803 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic († 1873)
• 1804 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada († 1858)
• 1806 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician († 1881)
• 1812 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator († 1888)
• 1814 » Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer († 1889)
• 1820 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician († 1910)
• 1825 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and explorer († 1878)

• 1748 » Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
• 1759 » Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
• 1784 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
• 1792 » Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
• 1801 » Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)

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)
• February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
• March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
• August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
• August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
• August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
• September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly

The temperature on May 12, 1791 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.