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• Anna Cornelia Letens, Calmpthout
• Agnes Weber, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1836)
• Antonius Fränking, Sendenhorst († 1854)
• adrianus van der LINDEN, zwijndrecht († 1854)
• Catharina Henrica Josina Lambergh, Borculo {GE} († 1868)
• * Madeleine Weingertner, Ippling († 1849)
• Catharina Melchers, Schiedam,- († 1829)
• Akke Dooyes Talsma, IJlst, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Catherine (Kitty) Early, Ringwood, Hampshire, England († 1852)
• Akke Dooyens Ta(O)lsma

• Godefridus Olders (1), Belfeld, Nederland
• Baartje Ariens Groenendijk (69), Maasland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha KAVELER (57), Menslage, Osnabrück, Duitsland
• Frederick Wilhelm Gottlieb Steinsiek (38), Lohne, Herford, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Abraham Jansze KORPERSHOEK (47), Schiedam, 6248, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Floore van der Knaep (86)
• Barthelemy Joseph Pitaffe (63), Gembloux, Prov. Namur (B)
• Joanna Sanders, Niel (Dld), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Jacob Jansz Pronk, Nieuwe Niedorp
• Joannes Emmanuel THEUNINCK (60), Zarren-Werken, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 1729 » Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher, academic, and politician († 1797)
• 1746 » Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator († 1827)
• 1751 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies († 1825)
• 1772 » Mikhail Speransky, Russian academic and politician († 1839)
• 1786 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician († 1855)
• 1792 » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic († 1841)
• 1797 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author († 1873)
• 1799 » Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist († 1872)
• 1822 » Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine († 1900)
• 1837 » Adolf Jensen, German pianist and composer († 1879)

• 1732 » John Horsley, English-Scottish historian and author (b. 1685)
• 1735 » John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
• 1759 » Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
• 1765 » Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1777 » Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)
• 1778 » François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703)
• 1781 » Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691)
• 1829 » Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1833 » Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)
• 1834 » William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)

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 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 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.
• September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.

The temperature on January 12, 1781 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder.