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• Adriaan Theodorus van Bossij
• Anna Elisabeth Helmons, Gangelt (Rheinland (D))
• Catherine Wirick, Pennsylvania, United States († 1839)
• Andreas Fierens, Sinaai-Waas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Cornelia Gijsbrts Paauw, Leiden
• Andries van Wijngaarden, Amsterdam († 1860)
• Aalt, Nijkerk († 1788)
• Cornelia Maria Boudewijns, Merksplas (België)
• Arnoldus Schmitz, Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1840)
• Adrianus Schellen, Esch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• ida smidts, helden
• Ida SMITS, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Engele Mentink (Blekkink), Winterswijk (NL)
• Jacobus De Marrez, Rotselaar Vl.Brabant
• Arent Harmse van der Vlught, Wijk aan Zee
• Anne Gabrielle Le Veneur (81)
• Antonia Judocus Roeters (73), Boxtel, Nederland
• Adriaan van Dijke (46), Sint Maartensdijk, Nederland
• Ida Smidts Smedts (51), Helden, Li.NL
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Wolff (0), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland

• 1760 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler († 1799)
• 1775 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont († 1863)
• 1778 » Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop († 1861)
• 1793 » Lucretia Mott, American activist († 1880)
• 1802 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician († 1898)
• 1803 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright († 1857)
• 1806 » Henriette Sontag, German soprano and actress († 1854)
• 1810 » Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer († 1897)
• 1816 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician († 1891)
• 1819 » Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic († 1900)

• 1701 » Louis I, prince of Monaco (b. 1642)
• 1705 » Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1634)
• 1743 » Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect (b. 1657)
• 1777 » William Leslie, Scottish captain (b. 1751)
• 1779 » Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and lawyer (b. 1712)
• 1785 » Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
• 1795 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730)
• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)

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.
• 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).
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.

The temperature on January 3, 1781 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.