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• Attje Bekius, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1837)
• Baart Pietersz. Wennis, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Aale Kaldewaij, Bentheim († 1849)
• Aafke Pieters Faber, Gerkesklooster
• Anne Marie DE RAEDT, Hove,2540,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1847)
• Aldegonda Ambrosius, Venray, Li.NL († 1807)
• Anna Maria DALLE, Oedelem (Beernem), West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje Annes, Sint Annaparochie, Het Bildt
• Andreas Mias Putters, Buren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1849)
• Arisje Wouters, Lunteren

• Christiaan Conrad Liesker (35)
• Françoise Laboyrie (11), Pleaux, Cantal, Frankrijk
• Aldegondis van Gansewinckel (52), Geldrop, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Brigham (80), Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
• Angenietje Hoenefeld (50), Delft
• Catharina VERDONK (69), Geel,, Antwerpen, België
• Catharina Crispijn (60), Leiden
• Étienne Gorgeon (72), Le Pin, 36158, France
• Arij van Aken, Schoonderloo
• Catharina Joannisdr Crispijn (60), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1725 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician († 1806)
• 1777 » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author († 1861)
• 1777 » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States († 1864)
• 1780 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator († 1847)
• 1781 » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator († 1849)
• 1804 » Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer († 1881)
• 1806 » Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer († 1894)
• 1820 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author († 1897)
• 1834 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft († 1900)
• 1839 » Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer († 1901)

• 1715 » Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
• 1741 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
• 1764 » George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
• 1782 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)

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)
• January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• 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.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
• 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 March 17, 1781 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.