About the day » Thursday May 31, 1781Calender converter

• florent benoit HANNEUSE, Jemappes (Belgium)
• Henricus De Blust, Etterbeek, 1040, Brussels Hoofdst. Gewest, Belgium
• Hendrika Gezina Smeengh, wildervank († 1865)
• Anton Wahle, Neuastenberg, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1834)
• Egidius Haulez, De Clinge
• Edward Salthouse, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire, England († 1854)
• Anna Maria Schoenmakers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Evert Heijmensen, Harderwijk († 1847)
• Evert Heijmensen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Hindrika Gezina Smeengh, Wildervank († 1865)

• Jean Gourdet (0), Pierrefonds, 60350, Oise, Picardie, FRANCE
• Marie Juditte Plevoets (17), Sint-Truiden, België
• Johann Bernard Franz Moormann (1), Greven, Pruisen, Duitsland
• Jean Braux (77), Flavigny, 51 Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
• Hendrina van Beveren (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL, Oude Kerk
• Cornelis Hendriksz van Vliet (52), Piershil, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cnelia Sente, Kamerik
• Mathurin Baudry, Montaigu, 85600, FRANCE
• Cornelis Hendriks Van VLIET (53), Piershil
• Grietje Koeree- (87), Haarlem, Nederland

• 1732 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop († 1812)
• 1753 » Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician († 1793)
• 1754 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator († 1817)
• 1773 » Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic († 1853)
• 1801 » Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar († 1887)
• 1815 » Adye Douglas, English-Australian cricketer and politician, 15th Premier of Tasmania († 1906)
• 1818 » John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts († 1867)
• 1819 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist († 1892)
• 1827 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine († 1903)
• 1835 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander († 1869)

• 1740 » Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688)
• 1747 » Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1686)
• 1809 » Jean Lannes, French general (b. 1769)
• 1809 » Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)
• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)

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)
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• August 24 » American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
• September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
• 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 May 31, 1781 was about 29.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder.