About the day » Sunday May 22, 1791Calender converter

• Alida Theresia (Treesia) Mackaaij, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1868)
• Abram Geeris, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1793)
• Albert Jans MEIJERINK, Blokzijl († 1860)
• Adriaan Hollander den, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1795)
• Adriana BOTH Jdr
• Abigail SAFFORD, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1874)
• Aaltje Sakes De Jong, Holwerd († 1811)
• Aaltjen Nijeboer, Diffelen († 1864)
• Albertina Mos, Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anje Kornelis (Corneles), Visvliet, Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1815)

• Anthone WITTOUCK (80), Ledegem, Belgique
• Anna Willems Paap (75)
• Annetje Jane Paap (75), Zandvoort
• Catharina Janssen (66), Ottersum
• Hendrika Vlemingh (40), Bahr en Lathum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Janssen Peters (53), Ottersum
• Catharina Janssen Peeters (Peters) (51), Ottersum
• Adriana Helena van Duijvenbode (0), Rotterdam
• Abraham de Jahacob Bueno de Mesquita (0), Paramaribo/Suriname
• Aaltje Hemmes (33), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland

• 1762 » Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician († 1834)
• 1770 » Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer († 1833)
• 1782 » Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer († 1856)
• 1783 » William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor († 1850)
• 1808 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator († 1855)
• 1811 » Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano († 1869)
• 1811 » Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician († 1864)
• 1813 » Richard Wagner, German composer († 1883)
• 1814 » Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter († 1891)

• 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
• 1760 » Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
• 1772 » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)

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. Leendert
16. John

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)
• May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
• August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
• September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
• 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 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

The temperature on May 22, 1791 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.