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• Arij Jansz. van Leeuwen, Roelofarendsveen
• Arnoldus (Arend) SCHIE,VAN, Maasland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1843)
• Aldegonda van Melick, Roerdalen (Melick) (Limburg)
• Alexius ZU BENTHEIM UND STEINFURT († 1866)
• Anne Catharine Denayer, Halle, Belgie
• Arent van Schie, Maasland († 1843)
• Arnoldus Gerrits van Schie, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1843)
• Armand FEDERBE, Villers-Pol,59530, Frankrijk († 1839)
• Alexius Friedrich Van Bentheim Steinfurt († 1866)
• Arent Gerritsz. van Schie, Maasland († 1843)

• Jaantje Willemsd STELLENAAR (7)
• Hiltje Saekeles (1)
• Grauwels (0), Beyssem
• Catharina Michaux (79), Racour
• Jacobus van der Meijden (75), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Jacob Teuniszn van der Hulst (44), Noordwijk
• Hugh McAden -Rev (61), Caswell County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Jacob Teunisze van der Hulst (44), Noordwijk-Binnen
• Derk Hendriks Postema (48), Sebaldeburen
• Arij Kamsteeg (3), Delft

• 1741 » Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Swedish botanist and author († 1783)
• 1755 » Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral († 1824)
• 1762 » Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian-French composer and theorist († 1842)
• 1775 » André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician († 1836)
• 1781 » Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician († 1848)
• 1783 » Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer († 1860)
• 1799 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas († 1858)
• 1804 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician († 1857)
• 1812 » Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer († 1896)
• 1814 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso († 1868)

• 1751 » John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
• 1770 » Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
• 1779 » David Garrick, English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)
• 1810 » Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
• 1819 » Charles IV, Spanish king (b. 1748)
• 1837 » John Soane, English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780)
• 1841 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
• 1848 » Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786)
• 1850 » Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)

• 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 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
• November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

The temperature on January 20, 1781 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.