About the day » Tuesday January 16, 1781Calender converter

• Antonie de Bijl, Lith, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1861)
• Adriana van Rossum, Utrecht
• Adrianus Leys, Geel 2440, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1853)
• Anna Maria Kemp, Kestert, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland († 1833)
• Benedictus Abbeloos, Opwijk,,Provincie Vlaams-Brabant,Flanders,Belgi√´ († 1783)
• Adrianus Ceuppens, Herenthout, België († 1807)
• Adriaan Josephus Loonen, Oosterhout († 1856)
• Adriana Rossum, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christophorus Walters, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina VUYE, Maarke-Kerkem,9680,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1863)

• Antje Jacobs (66)
• Anneke Jacobs (66), Ameland, Ballum, fr.nld
• Ana MA., Loreto, Chihuahua, Mexico
• Apolonia Teunisdr Kortekaas, Wassenaar
• Anna Jacobs (69)
• Appollonia Kortekaas (26), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Baartje Ariensdr Groenendijk (71), Maasland
• Barbara Theresia Fiems (35)
• Aaltje Sijmons Kat (77), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Engeltje Engels, Egmond aan Zee

• 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
• 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
• 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
• 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
• 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
• 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1834 » Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1906)
• 1836 » Francis II of the Two Sicilies († 1894)
• 1838 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist († 1917)
• 1851 » William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1936)

• 1710 » Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
• 1711 » Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
• 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
• 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
• 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
• 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
• 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
• 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)

• 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 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on January 16, 1781 was about -7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.