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• Clara Verbeek, Steenbergen († 1828)
• Céleste Vanier, Visitation-du-Sault-au-Récollet, Montréal, Qc († 1853)
• Adriaan Kivits, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van Gompel, Westerlo,2260,Antwerpen,BE († 1867)
• Arij Booij, St.Pancras († 1856)
• Ann Barratt, Kent Co. Delaware († 1814)
• Aldegondis van den Heuvel, Berghem
• Clara Verbeek, Steenbergen nbr, Nederland († 1830)
• Arnoldus van Valckenburg, Oss († 1829)
• Beertje Schuurman, Harderwijk

• Christina Katharina Heyder (32), Kaiserslautern, Duitsland
• Aagje Nielen (54), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Franciscus Einmahl (75), Sittard
• Elisabeth Dujong, Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B)
• Emëlie Malbois (56), Amsterdam
• Dirk Alberts (69)
• Agnes Verschelde, Oostende
• Cornelia Willemsen van den Berg (0), Doorwerth
• Cornelius PYLYSER (25), Oostduinkerke, Koksijde, Province of West Flanders, Belgium
• Andreas Jooste Knook (47), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1741 » Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author († 1803)
• 1777 » Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet († 1811)
• 1785 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet († 1866)
• 1792 » Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian († 1853)
• 1804 » Mongkut, Thai king († 1868)
• 1822 » Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire († 1883)
• 1831 » Frederick III, German Emperor († 1888)
• 1836 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz († 1911)
• 1850 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic († 1935)
• 1854 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer († 1911)

• 1678 » Jacob Jordaens, Belgian painter illustrator (b. 1593)
• 1739 » António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)
• 1744 » Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)
• 1770 » John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1721)
• 1775 » Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
• 1817 » Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)

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. Neeltje
12. Grietje
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)
• 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 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 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 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.
• 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 18, 1781 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: donker regen.