About the day » Tuesday December 11, 1781Calender converter

• Begga van der Saecken, Hoogstraten († 1791)
• Anna Kragte, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas Waaijers, Rotterdam († 1830)
• Anne Marie Gertrude Packolet, Wommersom, Brabant, België († 1852)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Breijer, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1813)
• Anna Catharina Geusens, Bocholt, Belgisch Limburg († 1850)
• Claas Johannes de Kat, Randwijk († 1848)
• Anna Maria Botes, Warga († 1806)
• Ariaantje (Jaantje) Gravel, Amersfoort († 1836)
• Aleida Gussinklo

• Eberhard Friedrich Ehrenreich von Moltke (54), Walkendorf, Güstrow, Allemagne
• Herman Lucas Homan (18), Groningen
• Henricus Buerskens (77), Kessel
• Hendrik Kersjes, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Arnold (94), King William, King William, Virginia, United States
• Anna Catharina MUTS, Helmond, 3703, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Deodatus VANHERCK (52), Groot-Gelmen, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Catharina BIERMAN (57), Herwijnen, 1458, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Verheul (33), Utrecht, ut.nld
• Cornelia Meijers (63), Puth, Limburg, Nederland

• 1725 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician († 1792)
• 1758 » Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator († 1832)
• 1761 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist († 1835)
• 1781 » David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer († 1868)
• 1801 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German poet and playwright († 1836)
• 1803 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic († 1869)
• 1810 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist († 1857)
• 1830 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii († 1872)
• 1837 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer († 1887)
• 1838 » John Labatt, Canadian brewer and businessman († 1915)

• 1686 » Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621)
• 1694 » Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
• 1737 » John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643)
• 1747 » Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675)
• 1797 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)

• 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 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
• 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.
• 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 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on December 11, 1781 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder betrokken.