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Born on Wednesday January 22, 1681
- Abigail Sampson, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1739)
- Catharina Pieters, Leiden
- Anna Elisabeth Krämer, Güttersbach, Odenwaldkreis, Hessen, Deutschland, 6 († 1739)
- Adriana Sloeckers, Zevenbergen
- Catelijn (Catrina) Vreeswijk, Gorinchem
- Adrianus Wijnands Donders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1711)
- Anna HOPPENBROUWERS, Oirschot,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Ariaan Wijnand Donders, Tilburg, Nederland († 1730)
- Catrina Vreeswijk, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriaan Wijnands Donders, Tilburg, 5042 PZ, Nederland († 1730)
Died on Wednesday January 22, 1681
- Martjen Gieles (52), Oost-Vlieland
- Catharina Benningh (59), Amsterdam
- Perrine COZE (21), Audinghen, 62179, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE
- Maeijken Jan Janssen Venus (54), 's-Gravenmoer
- Berentje Toussaints van den Bergh (0), Sneek
- Marijken VENUS, 's-Gravenmoer
- François GRARE (50), Neufchâtel-Hardelot,62152,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
- Ignaz Eusebius Franz von Königsegg-Rothenfels (34), Köln, Allemagne
- Margarete Stenger (0), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Ignace Eusebius Frans Graaf van Königsegg-Rothenfels (34), Keulen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Born on January 22
- 1573 » John Donne, English poet and cleric in the Church of England, wrote the Holy Sonnets († 1631)
- 1592 » Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher († 1655)
- 1645 » William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (probable; d. 1701)
- 1654 » Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet († 1729)
- 1690 » Nicolas Lancret, French painter († 1743)
- 1729 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher and author († 1781)
- 1733 » Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer († 1796)
- 1740 » Noah Phelps, American soldier, lawyer, and judge († 1809)
- 1781 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor († 1849)
- 1788 » Lord Byron, English poet and playwright († 1824)
Died on January 22
- 1560 » Wang Zhi, Chinese pirate
- 1575 » James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516)
- 1599 » Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1547)
- 1666 » Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (b. 1592)
- 1750 » Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
- 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
- 1767 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719)
- 1779 » Claudius Smith, American guerrilla leader (b. 1736)
- 1779 » Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
- 1798 » Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (b. 1726)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1681
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 4 » Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.