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• Aaltje Andriesdr (van Koot), Nijkerk
• Antonius Krentebol, Amsterdam Posthoorn († 1781)
• Adam Little, Union, Union, South Carolina, United States († 1851)
• Anna Maria Sophia Margaretha Döring, Twistringen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Catharina van der Aa, Schijndel, Meierijstad,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldi Wolters, Enter († 1823)
• Aaltje Andries van Koot, Nijkerk
• Aaltje Andriessen van Koot, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Andriesen van Koot, Nijkerk († 1848)
• Anna Wijkhuizen, Haarlem

• Witzenburg, Aarlanderveen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jansdr Groen (72), Zandvoort
• Gerhard Honekamp (80), Listrup, jetzt Emsbüren (Emsland)
• Gregorius VELLE (68), Eernegem, 8480, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Cornelis Tromp (36)
• Berend Swiers (69), Veendam
• Dionisius VERFAILLIE, Langemark,8920,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Arent Klaas Daniëls Schut (74), Beekbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Corstiens (81), Baarlo
• Anna Barbara Canters (54), Linne

• 1714 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator († 1785)
• 1715 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher († 1771)
• 1716 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1785)
• 1722 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author († 1805)
• 1763 » Charles XIV John of Sweden († 1844)
• 1781 » Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author († 1831)
• 1813 » Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet († 1876)
• 1824 » Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist († 1888)
• 1832 » George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist († 1924)
• 1842 » François Coppée, French poet and author († 1908)

• 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
• 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
• 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
• 1795 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
• 1823 » Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
• 1824 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
• 1831 » Anton Delvig, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)
• 1831 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)
• 1849 » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)

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)
• 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 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on January 26, 1781 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.