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• * Gerrit Andreesz van Harssel, Well († 1861)
• Darius J Fillmore († 1864)
• André Joseph Hottois, Audregnies
• Antje Sipkes, Grootegast († 1844)
• Dirk Hobbelink, Deldener Esch
• Daniel Jans Oortjes-, Wildervank, Nederland († 1827)
• Antonij Harms Brans
• David McGregor Means, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States († 1835)
• Anna Peters Takken, Eerbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Roels, Jabbeke († 1833)

• Catharina Verlinden, Puurs
• Catharina Arendse (Kaatje Arens) de Vette (68), Kethel
• Cornelis Aartsen (67), Hoophuizen, Nunspeet
• Antie Jans (9), Gaastmeer
• Aldegonda Peeters (1), Bree
• Anna Peeters (69), Berg
• Caatje Arendsdr. de Vette (68)
• Catharina Arendse de VETTE (68), Kethel
• Antonia Trommels (61), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Keeris (10), Eersel

• 1735 » Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1811)
• 1746 » William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar († 1794)
• 1765 » Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg († 1814)
• 1803 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author († 1870)
• 1809 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist († 1899)
• 1819 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher († 1885)
• 1821 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician († 1874)
• 1823 » Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator († 1889)
• 1824 » Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic († 1897)
• 1836 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock († 1910)

• 1687 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
• 1694 » Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
• 1702 » Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
• 1829 » Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
• 1844 » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 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.

The temperature on September 28, 1781 was about 13.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.