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• Anna Christina Vergoossen, Echt († 1831)
• Aagje Koorevaar, Gouda († 1844)
• Anne ARONDEL, Saffré, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France († 1835)
• Anna Janse Schoonderbeek, Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Louwman, Dordrecht († 1842)
• Antonie Borgsteede, Amsterdam († 1781)
• Arie Lagas, Leiden
• Anna Elisabeth Neefs, Gierle († 1827)
• Coop Andries (Koop) Mulder, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1811)
• Coenraad Klimbie, Haarlem

• Gottlieb Haller (0), Steinberg, Murrhardt, Württemberg, Germany
• Gisbert Föllings (66), Kessel, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Eefje Dercks Derks (64), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cecilia Catharina Francisca Van Den Broucke (Vandebraecke), Brugge, West Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Cornelia Cornelisdr Hartink (74), Stavenisse
• Elisabeth Louage (85), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Georgius De Wilde (64), Wetteren
• Cornelis Janse Westdorp (74), Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis Janszn Wesdorp (74), Stavenisse
• Cornelius Tison jR (32), Chatham, Chatham, North Carolina

• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)
• 1818 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic († 1889)
• 1819 » Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1891)
• 1831 » Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator († 1918)

• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

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 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.
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• 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 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.

The temperature on August 1, 1781 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.