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• Aaltje Egberts Koetze, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Brentjes, Posterholt, Roerdalen, Limburg (NL) († 1828)
• Annetje Borts de Jong, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1820)
• Catharina van Wordragen, Ammerzoden († 1843)
• Aaltje(n Egberts Koetze, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1847)
• Abigail Jerusha Marks, Windsor County, Vermont, Verenigde Staten († 1846)
• Catherine Ammen (IOWA) (Harshbarger) Hershberger, Lancaster County, PA († 1871)
• Adriaan Vermaas, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1838)
• Charlotte* Maria Sophie Schlepper, Gronau
• Bartholomeus van Gein, Doddendaal en Ewijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1783)

• Gilles Filot (59)
• Cornelis Hogervorst (0), Alphen
• Anne BAILLIEN (74), Lauw, 73044, Limburg, Belgique
• Catharina Walburg van Mansveld (39), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Helena ARBON, Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Gerarda Johanna Walborg van Mansvelt (39)
• Garrit Jan Mekes (71), Lievelde
• Aaltje van den Oever (85), Katwijk
• Abraham van Berkel (37), Leiden
• Catharina Walburg van MANSVELD (39)

• 1742 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright († 1755)
• 1744 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University († 1813)
• 1767 » Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king († 1820)
• 1769 » Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada († 1812)
• 1773 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic († 1835)
• 1773 » Louis Philippe I of France († 1850)
• 1801 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician († 1888)
• 1803 » Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist († 1879)
• 1820 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh († 1892)
• 1820 » Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress († 1887)

• 1661 » Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (b. 1630)
• 1688 » Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1652)
• 1762 » Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1819 » Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)
• 1829 » Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
• 1836 » Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
• 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)

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)
• January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
• 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.
• September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.

The temperature on October 6, 1781 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.