About the day » Tuesday February 6, 1781Calender converter

• Adrianus Leendertsz VINK, Oud-Beijerland
• Abraham Verhage, Aagtekerke, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aartje Zandvliet, Nunspeet
• Antje van Dril, Roelofarendsveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Evers, Putten († 1829)
• Antonius van de Weijenberg, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL
• Bernardus Brugmans, Netterden
• Anna Catharina Cools‏, Balen, België († 1841)
• Barbara Huber Longenecker
• Antonie BAGGERMAN, Dordrecht

• Claude CHATELAIN (3), Rouvres en Xaintois
• Frans Jan Pauls HEERING, Vaassen, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bele Simon(s) de Vries Jaffe (60), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Aagje Cornelisse Grisnigt (74), Rijswijk
• Egidius Nicasy (72), Vorst 1190(Antwerpen, Belgie)
• Amandus De Wolf (0), Moorsel
• Antoinette Mas (48)
• Antoine VAN COPPENOLLE (1), Nukerke,9681,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aagje Cornelisse Gresnigt (73), Rijswijk
• Alexander Leith (74)

• 1758 » Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Belarusian-Polish poet, playwright, and politician († 1841)
• 1769 » Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general († 1862)
• 1772 » George Murray, Scottish general and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies († 1830)
• 1778 » Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet († 1827)
• 1781 » John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, Irish general and politician, Governor of Saint Lucia († 1844)
• 1796 » John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist († 1861)
• 1797 » Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian general and politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia († 1853)
• 1799 » Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist († 1870)
• 1800 » Achille Devéria, French painter and lithographer († 1857)
• 1802 » Charles Wheatstone, English-French physicist and cryptographer († 1875)

• 1695 » Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
• 1775 » William Dowdeswell, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1721)
• 1783 » Capability Brown, English gardener and architect (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)
• 1804 » Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)
• 1807 » John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
• 1833 » Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)

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. Antje
13. Neeltje
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 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• 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 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on February 6, 1781 was about 4.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWeather type: betrokken mist.