About the day » Wednesday January 16, 1771Calender converter

• Anthonij den Boer, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Kuijpers, Aarle († 1848)
• Cornelis van der Plas, Noordwijk († 1806)
• Annigje Mol, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 1855)
• Albert HARTSUIKER, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1820)
• Antonie Mulders, 's-Hertogenbosch
• "Catharina" Catrien Geert Catrien Geert, Aarle Rixtel († 1848)
• Elisabeth JORDENS, Oostmalle,, Antwerpen, België († 1817)
• Anne-Marie VROONEN, Overrepen (B) († 1800)
• Aaltje Jans Oudshoorn, Rijnsburg

• Anne Bihoure (87), Outarville, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France
• Antonie de Leeuw (41), Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia RAMAUT (Ramant) (78), Zedelgem
• Bastiaan van Vuren
• Antje Peetoom (72), Schoorl
• Antje Rinses (91), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adam Jansen van Dijkhorst, Barneveld
• antje jansdr. peetoom (73), Schoorl
• Isabel Clara Depozzolo (1), Eernegem
• Hermann Dietrich von Halem (1), Pewsum

• 1691 » Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator († 1781)
• 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
• 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
• 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
• 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
• 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
• 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1834 » Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1906)
• 1836 » Francis II of the Two Sicilies († 1894)
• 1838 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist († 1917)

• 1710 » Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
• 1711 » Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
• 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
• 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
• 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
• 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
• 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
• 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Johannes
5. Pieter
6. Hendrik
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Jean
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Joanna
7. Catharina
8. Elisabeth
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
13. Adriana
14. Aaltje
15. Antje
16. Jannetje

• 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 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
• May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
• July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
• July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
• October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.

The temperature on January 16, 1771 was about -7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs.