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• Anna Maria De Keersmaecker, Temse, O-Vl, BE
• Baukjen Jans Harkes, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1828)
• Caroline - Marie De Gand, Ogy
• Anton Lansinkw√∂nner, Delden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Brand Hendriksen van de Slunt, Ede († 1853)
• Anna Maria Hendrikx, Meerlo († 1847)
• Bartha Everts, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1859)
• Anna Gertrudis Liesner, Legden, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Antonius Huijts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Delft van, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1859)

• Carlo Pignatelli (66)
• Gerrit Gerrits Jongearend, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Sturmans (81), Schinveld
• Jacobus Rameekers (17), Klimmen, LI, Netherlands
• Arend Cornelisz BOSVELT (64), Eenrum, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Van den Bergh, Edegem, 2650, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Joannes Josephus Van Meervenne (0), Temse, België
• Huijbertus van ASTEN (32), Eersel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan Vlasblom, 's-Gravendeel
• Harmen Klein Ovink (4), Laren

• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
• 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)

• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)

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)
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 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 April 17, 1781 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.