About the day » Friday May 3, 1771Calender converter

• Bernhard Heidenrijk, Groenlo († 1844)
• DANIEL VAN BRANDE, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1771)
• Anna Maria Stoovers, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charity, VA († 1851)
• Abigail (Burr) Sturges, Monroe, Fairfield County, CT († 1864)
• Anna Maria Lemmens, Cadier en Keer (Eijsden-Margraten), Limburg, Nederland († 1851)
• ANNA CATHERINA VAN DE VELDE, Oelegem
• David Brower, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey
• Catharina Maria ONTIJT, Kleve (Noordrijn-Westfalen) Duitsland († 1849)
• Egidius Meskens, Brussel, België

• elisabeth simons (1), helden-egchel (keup)
• Cornelius Lemmens (47), Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Joanna Koeckoeck (80), Twello,Gemeente Voorst,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Aaltje jacobsd Verwelius, Huijsen Graf 28
• barber nijding (38), overschie
• Angenita Stuijvenberg (62), IJsselstein
• Andreas van de Laar (54), Lieshout, Laarbeek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gesche Runge
• angenita Stuyvenberg (62)
• Anne DUCOUST (69), Les Mars, 23123, Creuse, Limousin, France

• 1695 » Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube († 1771)
• 1729 » Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer († 1774)
• 1761 » August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author († 1819)
• 1764 » Princess Élisabeth of France († 1794)
• 1768 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman († 1838)
• 1783 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru († 1858)
• 1814 » Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia († 1892)
• 1826 » Charles XV of Sweden († 1872)
• 1844 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer († 1901)
• 1849 » Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer († 1914)

• 1704 » Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
• 1724 » John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)
• 1750 » John Willison, Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)
• 1752 » Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (b. 1692)
• 1758 » Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
• 1763 » George Psalmanazar, French-English author (b. 1679)
• 1764 » Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1712)
• 1779 » John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
• 1793 » Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (b. 1720)
• 1839 » Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Johannes
4. Joannes
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 May 3, 1771 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken helder.