About the day » Saturday February 24, 1781Calender converter

• Antonius Lugters, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1785)
• Antonius Rynders, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Susanna Schulte, Heede († 1839)
• Berend (Barend) Evertsen van Harten, Ede († 1868)
• Allegonde van de Laeck, Lottum, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonij van 't Land († 1782)
• Carolus Buijsen, Roosendaal(NB)
• Bernaatjen Arents
• Anna Gabina Kuper, Hüntel, Meppen, Emsland, Nedersaksen, Duitsland
• Adriana Verpoort, Rijnsburg († 1801)

• Jacob Schuurmans (51), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland
• Henderina VINCK (66), Dordrecht
• Antoon Ridderstein (81), Utrecht (Utrecht, Nederland)
• Arnoldus Reinders Panhuijsen (78), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hermanus van den Broek, Berkel-Enschot
• Capt Samuel Alden (92), Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Henricus Robertus Thomassen (28), Venray
• Anna Margaretha Seiler (58), Ilsenburg (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt)
• Egidius Van Hullebusch (78), Meulebeke,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Fokke Derks (40), Jukwerd

• 1736 » Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach († 1806)
• 1743 » Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer († 1820)
• 1762 » Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator († 1830)
• 1767 » Rama II of Siam († 1824)
• 1774 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge († 1850)
• 1786 » Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician († 1869)
• 1786 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic († 1859)
• 1788 » Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter († 1857)
• 1827 » Lydia Becker, English-French activist († 1890)
• 1831 » Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1899)

• 1714 » Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
• 1721 » John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
• 1732 » Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
• 1777 » Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
• 1785 » Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)
• 1799 » Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
• 1810 » Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
• 1812 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 » Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
• 1825 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)

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)
• January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.

The temperature on February 24, 1781 was about 3.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.