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• Aleidis Helsloot, Nieuwer Amstel († 1787)
• Abraham van Buuren, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1829)
• Aaltje Lukas Cazemier, Tolbert († 1827)
• Anna Judit Jalink, Goor, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltien Lucas Cazemier Cazemier, Tolbert († 1827)
• Annigjen Derks Drukker, Veendam
• Anna Marie Heron, Bossue, Manchester Parish, Jamaica († 1848)
• Abeltje Fokkes Aeilkema (Aeilckens), Slochteren, Nederland († 1829)
• Aaltje Lucas (1) Cazemier, ,, Tolbert, Leek, Groningen, Netherlands († 1827)
• Anna Catharina De Beer, Wilrijk, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium

• Anna Backum (68), Huisduinen
• Arij Cornelisz Wonder (7), Oude-Niedorp, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arie Jacobsz Krab (38), Egmond aan Zee
• Arij Wonder (7), Oude-Niedorp, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Godefridusd. van Dijck (64), Gemert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Carola de Pape (75), Kaprijke, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Cornelis Vergers (39), Haarlem
• Anna Catharina WAUTERS (37), Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Cornelis Knelis Vergers (39), Haarlem
• Derk Jan Haarman, Verwolde

• 1733 » Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer († 1803)
• 1754 » John Laurens, American soldier († 1782)
• 1767 » Marie of Hesse-Kassel († 1852)
• 1793 » Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms († 1861)
• 1794 » Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon († 1847)
• 1804 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist († 1849)
• 1815 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician († 1856)
• 1816 » Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer († 1903)
• 1837 » Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun († 1913)
• 1839 » Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 1909)

• 1754 » Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
• 1755 » Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (b. 1700)
• 1768 » Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (b. 1700)
• 1787 » Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (b. 1735)
• 1792 » John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (b. 1724)
• 1792 » Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (b. 1710)
• 1800 » Artemas Ward, American general and politician (b. 1727)
• 1806 » Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (b. 1749)
• 1818 » Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)

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)
• 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.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 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.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
• 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 October 28, 1781 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.