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• Cornelis Fijn van Draat, Harderwijk
• Adriaan Adriaansz DE Raad, Sliedrecht († 1859)
• Barend Scholten, Woubrugge († 1836)
• Catharina Ketelaars, Valkenswaard († 1870)
• Cornelis Fijn van Draad, Harderwijk {GE}
• catherine WILMART, Pâturages (Belgium)
• alexis FISSIAUX, Pâturages (Belgium) († 1838)
• Angenita van Eldik, Witmarsum, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Smit, Enkhuizen († 1863)
• Coleta Aerens, Evergem, Belgium († 1826)

• Douwe Wybes (56), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Filips (61), Oudegem, België
• dominicus hesselius vlieg (54), oosterwierum (friesland)
• Elisabeth Rein (75), Birkefehl, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Douwe Hesselius Vlieg, Oosternijkerk, gem. Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• elisabeth (elisa) boomen, beegden
• Anna Catharina VAN CRIKINGEN (62), Rotselaar, Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Flanders, Belgie
• Arijaentje Bregman (89), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeta GEENEN (75), Neer
• Catherine Roques (54), Leynhac, Cantal, France

• 1740 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan († 1813)
• 1771 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan († 1840)
• 1778 » Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1811)
• 1781 » Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1860)
• 1791 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic († 1865)
• 1791 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author († 1813)
• 1800 » William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic († 1873)
• 1819 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic († 1896)
• 1823 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia († 1902)
• 1838 » Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist († 1927)

• 1728 » Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
• 1738 » Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
• 1764 » Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1773 » Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
• 1789 » John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
• 1835 » Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
• 1846 » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
• 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)

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.
• May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
• August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
• August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
• 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 September 23, 1791 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.