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• Fijcken TIJMMERS, geleen
• Garritjen Bouwmeester, Ruurlo
• Célestin Joseph LECOMTE, Thulin,7350,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1855)
• Garritjen Langenkamp, Ruurlo
• Egide Nelissen, Dichterath
• Garretjen LANGENKAMP, Ruurlo, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland († 1855)
• Derk Jan Winterink, Drempt,Gemeente Bronckhorst,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1860)
• Carolus Casier, Aartrijke († 1783)
• Anna Maria Olislagers, Vught
• Anna van Nunen, Lith († 1852)

• Gerrit Reijne Varkevisser (83), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dick Jochemsz Vreugdenhil (78)
• Dirk Jochems Vreugdenhil (78), 's-Gravenzande
• Gerrit Reijnszn Varkevisser (83), Scheveningen
• Aaltjen BRUINS (41), Pieterburen, Eenrum, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Dirk Jochumsz. Vreugdenhil (78), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Vreugdenhil (78), 's Gravenzande
• Arent Harman Bussing (63)
• Gerrit Reine Varkevisser (83), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Gerrit Reijne Varkevisser (83), Katwijk aan Zee

• 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
• 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
• 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
• 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
• 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
• 1796 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist († 1866)
• 1817 » Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1904)
• 1820 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer († 1881)
• 1821 » Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer († 1861)
• 1832 » Richard Henry Park, American sculptor († 1902)

• 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
• 1680 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
• 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
• 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
• 1768 » Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1691)
• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)

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. Grietje
12. Neeltje
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)
• January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
• January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.

The temperature on February 17, 1781 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.