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• Adrianus Dirksz Pool, Medemblik
• Everardus van de Koevering, Den Dungen († 1823)
• Engelbertus IJsermans, Sint Pieter
• Gerhardus Peters, Ottersum, Limburg, Nederland
• Aeilke Harmannus Wildeman, Hellum, gem. Slochteren († 1871)
• Aaltje Willemse Verboom, Haamstede († 1828)
• Anna Voermans, Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Andrei Borisovitsj Prins Galitzin, St. Petersburg († 1861)
• Aaltje Willemse Verboom, Haamstede († 1828)
• Berlina DE STABLE, Sint-Blasius-Boekel,9630,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• Grietien Elbregts, Zwolle
• Heiltje OnderdeLinden (37), Middelharnis
• "Judith" Catharina Margaretha Idaletta Mulert, Havezate de Heest, Lochem, Pays-Bas
• Heijltje Onderdelinden (37), Middelharnis
• Joannes Franciscus Roelkens (71), Balegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Joannes Mathias Vaesen, Brunssum
• Andries Fricke (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Hijltje onder de LINDE (37), Middelharnis
• Gerardus Wiegman (68), Delft
• Jean Gourdet (0), Pierrefonds, 60350, Oise, Picardie, FRANCE

• 1803 » Peter Chanel, French priest and saint († 1841)
• 1807 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic († 1893)
• 1813 » Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic († 1878)
• 1817 » Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska († 1899)
• 1817 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher († 1862)
• 1821 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic († 1889)
• 1824 » Eugène Boudin, French painter († 1898)
• 1828 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic († 1889)
• 1849 » William Osler, Canadian physician and author († 1919)
• 1850 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic († 1912)

• 1693 » John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (b. 1626)
• 1742 » Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)
• 1749 » Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)
• 1773 » Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (b. 1697)
• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)

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 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
• August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
• August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
• September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
• 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.
• November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

The temperature on July 12, 1791 was about 12.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.