About the day » Sunday January 21, 1781Calender converter

• Anna Maria van Dam, Schalkwijk († 1865)
• Annetje van Dam, Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1817)
• Adrianus Jan van Lent, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1844)
• Albert Schut, Heerde († 1858)
• Aleijda Oude Boojink, Geesteren
• Vegter, Veendam,Groningen,Netherlands
• Adriana Mertens, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas HUYSMANS, Oud-Turnhout,Antwerpen,Belgium († 1812)
• Anna Petronella Verdonck, Sint-Pauwels
• Ziedses Hendrik

• Barbara Van Cappellen (36), Humbeek
• Gerardus Senden (88), Hoensbroek
• Eleazar Hunt (55), New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Marie Falise (78), Jumet,6040,Hainaut,BE
• Christoph Wilhelm Klein (45), Ludwigsburg, Deutschland
• Hendrik van OOSTAIJEN (58), Meijel, 2933, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Tijmons Gruijs, Den Ilp
• Anna Maria BECK * (95), Bischholtz,67340,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE
• Anne BOELES (64), Dantumawâld (Damwâld), Dantumadiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Gerardus Crombach, Eijs, Limburg, Nederland

• 1763 » Augustin Robespierre, younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre († 1794)
• 1775 » Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer († 1832)
• 1784 » Peter De Wint, English painter († 1849)
• 1788 » William Henry Smyth, Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist
• 1796 » Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, consort of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1880)
• 1797 » Joseph Méry, French author and journalist († 1866)
• 1800 » Theodor Fliedner, German Lutheran minister († 1864)
• 1801 » John Batman, Australian entrepreneur and explorer († 1839)
• 1804 » Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter († 1871)
• 1808 » Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, 16th President of Peru († 1875)

• 1731 » Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675)
• 1773 » Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (b. 1689)
• 1774 » Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1717)
• 1775 » Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (b. 1742)
• 1789 » Baron d'Holbach, French-German philosopher and author (b. 1723)
• 1793 » Louis XVI of France (b. 1754)
• 1795 » Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (b. 1728)
• 1809 » Josiah Hornblower, American engineer and politician (b. 1729)
• 1814 » Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (b. 1737)
• 1823 » Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (b. 1761)

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 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• 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.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on January 21, 1781 was about 2.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.