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• Aaltje(n) Luppes, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1828)
• Arnoldus Pieterszn Winder, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1781)
• Alexander Gallaway, Gorbals, Lanark, Scotland
• Anna Maria - Thijssen, Sint Pieter
• Arij STUURMAN, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1857)
• Anna Maria THIJSSEN, Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1858)
• Aaltjen Luppes, Muntendam gemeente Menterwolde Groningen
• Abraham van de Luijster, Cadzand, Zeeland, Nederland († 1832)
• Aart van der Heijden, Kapel-Avezaath, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van den Hurk, Sint-Oedenrode († 1799)

• Everhardus van der Steegh (84), Rheden
• Hubertus Petrus SMITS (44), Stratum, Eindhoven, 3547, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Cornelisz KRAAIJO (15)
• Frederik Been (0), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annaatje Alieke (38), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Gerrit Aerts Ankersmit (80), Vaassen
• Angelina De Moerloose, Zaffelare
• Annie Haines (48), East Nottingham, Chester, Maryland, United States
• Ignace Belanger (66), Kamouraska, Quebec
• Evert Pieters Cleyterp (0), Beers, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1752 » James Morris III, American captain († 1820)
• 1757 » Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf († 1831)
• 1788 » Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician († 1874)
• 1790 » Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet and academic († 1855)
• 1798 » Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1857)
• 1807 » Robert E. Lee, American general and academic († 1870)
• 1808 » Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author († 1887)
• 1809 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic († 1849)
• 1810 » Talhaiarn, Welsh poet and architect (d.1869)
• 1813 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman († 1898)

• 1729 » William Congreve, English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
• 1755 » Jean-Pierre Christin, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
• 1766 » Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (b. 1695)
• 1785 » Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
• 1833 » Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist and composer (b. 1791)
• 1847 » Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772)
• 1847 » Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
• 1853 » Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Joanna
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Trijntje
10. Adriana
11. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
• March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
• September 4 » Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
• September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
• November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

The temperature on January 19, 1781 was about 2.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.