About the day » Thursday February 15, 1781Calender converter

• Andries Van Der Meere, Breskens († 1815)
• Albert Dommerholt, Gorssel
• Anna Maria Meelis, Hilvarenbeek († 1864)
• Antje Ciggaar, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1825)
• Antoine Joseph Robache, Troisvilles (F) († 1809)
• Bartholomeus Kerssemakers, Gestel († 1854)
• Pieter Bakker, Andijk
• Antje Ciggaar (Seggaar), Rijnsburg († 1825)
• Bartholomeus Kerssemakers, Gestel († 1854)
• Berendina Koolwej, Varsseveld, Gelderland, Nederland

• Dirkje de Reus (28), Katwijk
• Cornelia Cornelisdr. Kruijthoff, Numansdorp
• Casimir Carl Friedrich von Boos zu Waldeck und Montfort (56)
• Antoine Joseph CARPENTIER (70), Pecquencourt,59456,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Abraham de Jonge de SMIT, Breskens, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catrina Jacobs (64), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje Jans Nieuwenburg (53), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ditlev von Rantzau (87), Kiel, Schleswig Holstein, Germany
• Abraham de Smit (50), Breskens
• Dirk Cornelisz BOERDIJK (48), Winkel

• 1748 » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher († 1832)
• 1759 » Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic († 1824)
• 1760 » Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer and educator († 1837)
• 1797 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons († 1871)
• 1809 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic († 1857)
• 1809 » Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester († 1884)
• 1810 » Mary S. B. Shindler, American poet, writer, and editor († 1883)
• 1811 » Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina († 1888)
• 1812 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. († 1902)
• 1820 » Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist and activist († 1906)

• 1738 » Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
• 1781 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
• 1818 » Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
• 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
• 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
• 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
• 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
• 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
• 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
• 1849 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)

• 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.
• February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on February 15, 1781 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.