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• Anna Maria Catharina Populier, Waspik, Nederland († 1856)
• Aaltje (Aartje) (Hartje) (Aertjen) van Ooijen, Middelburg († 1870)
• Anna Elizabeth Burgemeester, Doetinchem († 1835)
• Anna Carolina Maes, Temse
• Agnatha Gorissen, Ophoven († 1825)
• Catarina Elisabeth Adrian, Evangelisch, Hagen Hamm, Westfalen, Prussia
• Eijmbert Jansz Brommer, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1858)
• Carolina Elisabeth PASTOR, Aachen, 52005, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Allemagne († 1836)
• Abraham Janzn Parlevliet, Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Elizabeth Burgemeister, Doetinchem († 1835)

• Antonius Willemse (Teunis) van der Pluijm (50), Dussen
• Arie Jansz Van Der WILD (57), Oud-Beijerland
• Arie Jans van der Wild (57), Oud-Beijerland
• Cornelis Hendriksz. van der Aa (79), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland
• (2) Klaas Jansz (Jan) Schouten (28), De Goorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Arij Bastiaansz Noordzij (81), rhoon (zuid holland)
• Christoffer Wolthekker, Groningen, Nederland
• Angela Willekens (1), Roggel
• cornelis hoekwater, overschie
• Antonius Willemse van der Pluijm (50), Dussen

• 1762 » Samuel Morey, American engineer († 1843)
• 1766 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general († 1847)
• 1790 » Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator († 1860)
• 1796 » Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician († 1857)
• 1801 » Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor († 1851)
• 1805 » John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian († 1886)
• 1813 » Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer († 1848)
• 1815 » João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician († 1889)
• 1817 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author († 1875)
• 1822 » Gustav Spörer, German astronomer († 1895)

• 1688 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
• 1730 » Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
• 1764 » Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
• 1774 » Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)

• 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.
• January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• 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.
• 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 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.

The temperature on October 23, 1781 was about 8.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.