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• Anne Marie Ilsabein Meyer, Dreyen († 1847)
• Beerendina Houwing, Utrecht, Ned († 1781)
• Arij van Wassenaar, Schiedam († 1845)
• Cornelisje Hartgers Hamer, Ermelo († 1843)
• Cornelisje Hartgers Hamers, Ermelo, Nederland († 1843)
• Arien Schimmel
• Cornelis Koorn, Hippolytushoef († 1784)
• Anne Marie Gertrude Moll, Linnich, NRW (D) († 1833)
• Anne Rose Claus, Kieldrecht
• Catherine THEIS, Sarreguemines, Moselle, Grand Est, France († 1854)

• Anna Maria van der Griendt (38), Orthen, NL
• antone joseph lemesre (54)
• Cornelis Cornelisz. Stolk ("den Ouden") (63), Nieuwveen Z.H
• agnes minten (24), sevenum (in de heesch)
• Anna Maria van der Griendt (38), Orthen
• carsten masijn, masin, maseijn (65), amsterdam
• Anna Gertrude van Overloop (74), Kieldrecht, België
• Catharina Libert (11), Dessel (Belgie)
• Adrianus Melis (45)
• "Mr". Cornelis Steengracht (58), Slangenburg, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1710 » Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut († 1785)
• 1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
• 1792 » Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist († 1860)
• 1798 » Pedro I, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
• 1801 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1873)
• 1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
• 1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1840 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress († 1909)
• 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
• 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)

• 1678 » Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1621)
• 1679 » William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617)
• 1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
• 1730 » Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
• 1758 » Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)

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 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.
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on October 12, 1781 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.