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Born on Monday December 17, 1781
- Aaltje Hermsen, Bennekom
- cornelia van der ham, dirksland (goeree overflakkee) († 1849)
- Anna Cornelia Dominicus van DER HEIJDEN (van der Reijden), Roosendaal,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND († 1837)
- Augustinus Van den Steen, Meire († 1850)
- Abraham Van Den Boogert, Noordwelle, Nederland († 1781)
- Bernardus Thobokholt Tho Bokholt (tho Boekhoudt), Bentheim, D († 1857)
- Dirk VERDONK, Gorinchem († 1858)
- Antje Karstes, Het Meer († 1826)
- Elisabeth Homrighausen, Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1814)
- Anna van Veen († 1782)
Died on Monday December 17, 1781
- Adriaantje Claasdr Kind (81), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
- Andries Gerrits van der Heeden (52), Benschop
- Arnoldus Keteleers (2), Moergestel, Gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriaantje Claaszd Kind (81), Hooge Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
- Arij van Nelle (48), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Annemarie Vandenbulcke (43), Meulebeke
- Alonso Sanchez de Luna (77)
- Andries Gerrits van der Heeden (52), Benschop
- Abraham Willemsz van Dop (45), 's Gravenzande (ZH-NLD)
- Andries Gerritz van der Heeden (52), Benschop
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 17, 1781 at Delpher
Born on December 17
- 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
- 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
- 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
- 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
- 1797 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer († 1878)
- 1807 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist († 1892)
- 1812 » Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter († 1880)
- 1827 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician († 1893)
- 1830 » Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic († 1870)
- 1835 » Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer († 1910)
Died on December 17
- 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
- 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
- 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
- 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
- 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
- 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
- 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
- 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
- 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
- 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
Names that were popular for boys in 1781
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Joseph
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Jans
- Franciscus
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1781
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Jans
- Trijntje
- Adriana
- Elizabeth
- Neeltje
- Grietje
- Antje
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1781
- 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 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
- March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
- 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 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.
- October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
The weather on Monday December 17, 1781
The temperature on December 17, 1781 was about 8.0 °C. There was 46 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen mist donker.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI