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• Benjamin Janse, schore (zeeland) († 1833)
• Barbara Maes, Sint Niklaas
• Christoffel (Stoffel) Maliepaard, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1841)
• Bon François LABBEY, Baubigny (50) († 1844)
• Barbara Damen, Hilvarenbeek († 1869)
• Andries Oost, Rotterdam († 1860)
• Anna Vroegop Goedegebuure, Sint Annaland († 1854)
• Barbara Daemen (Daamen), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1869)
• Catherine Henderson, Lincoln County NC, Gaston, Northampton County, North Carolina, United States († 1828)
• Aart Aarts Hout, Woerden († 1782)

• Christiane Wilhelmine Jampert (38), Königsberg, Marien-K., Neumark, Germany, Königsberg, Neumark, Germany
• Grietje Jansdr NN (37), Oudendijk
• Jane KARRAN (1), Braddan, Île De Man
• Jan Ariensz Bleijenberg (71), Culemborg
• Corneille Philippe van LIDTH de JEUDE (60), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Cornelis Verheul, Groeneveld
• Jan Rosweij
• Gerrit van Elst
• Anna Sporck (59), Amby
• Jetse Jelles (Reitsma) (78), Allingawier, Friesland, Nederland

• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)
• 1824 » John Chisum, American businessman († 1884)
• 1839 » Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker († 1915)

• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)

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. Antje
13. Grietje
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 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
• February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• 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.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.

The temperature on August 15, 1781 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.