About the day » Sunday January 7, 1781Calender converter

• Anna Maria Hafner, Ottenhausen-Stangenmühle, Gersweiler, LK Stadtverband Saarbrücken, Saarland, Deutschland († 1781)
• Anna Aleida Lannevers, Rhede
• Annaatje Harmens LEIJNIS, Edam († 1855)
• Adriaantje Dam, Alphen
• Abraham Huijbertsz van der Have, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kempeneers, Lubbeek
• Anne Catharine Elisabeth Bredemeier, Hahlen, Kreis Minden, Westfalen, Germany († 1842)
• Adrianus van den Tillard, Schijndel
• Andries Jacobus de Klerk, Tulbagh, South Africa († 1857)
• Anna Josepha Francois, Balegem 9860, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie

• Col. Fielding Lewis (55), Fredericksburg, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Aldegundis van Kalkar, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geneviève Marguerite MAUJEAN (84), Sainte-Geneviève, 54700, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Catharina Coremans (63), Kortrijk Dutsel
• Elisabeth De Sadeleer (62), Aaigem
• Anje Harms (36), 't Zandt, Gemeente Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bastiaan van Lopik (0), Haaften, Nederland
• Hendrik Priems, Loon op Zand
• Anna Maria Vandenberghe (50), Aartrijke, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Claude DELETANG (58), Luzé, 37120, France

• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)
• 1827 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time († 1915)
• 1830 » Albert Bierstadt, American painter († 1902)
• 1831 » Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union († 1897)
• 1832 » James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria († 1908)

• 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
• 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
• 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
• 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)

• 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 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
• 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.
• 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 7, 1781 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist.