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• Anna Krijgers, Driel († 1838)
• Cathalijntje de le Lijs, Middelburg († 1852)
• Adrianus (Adriaan) van Moergastel, Zevenbergen († 1870)
• BENEDICTUS VAN HOYE, MOERZEKE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Anne Catherine Desiron, Bergilers, Comté de Namur, Pays-Bas autrichiens († 1835)
• Anna Maria van KEMENADE, Son
• Benjamin Shoemaker, Windham, Bradford, PA († 1825)
• Catharina van Cleef, Veghel († 1825)
• Antonia von Hohenzollern-Hechingen († 1831)
• Anna Krijgers, Driel, Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1838)

• Francis van der CEELEN, Reusel, 4134, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherine Josèphe Lejour (49), Péruwelz
• Anton Bernard Verslyppe (55), Klerken
• Henricus (IV) D'Joos (geboren Dioos) (33), Oevel, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Sophia Werninck (66)
• Cornelius Brusselers (43), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina De Witte (60), Koewacht (Zeeland) Nederland-The Netherlands
• Arij Corneliszn Saarloos (84), Maasland, Nederland
• Anna Abels (86), Stapelmoor, Duitsland
• Anna Sara Boudaen Courten van St. Laurens (63), Middelburg

• 1741 » André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer († 1813)
• 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
• 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
• 1792 » Caroline Augusta of Bavaria († 1873)
• 1798 » Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia († 1849)
• 1807 » Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist († 1889)
• 1817 » Richard S. Ewell, American general († 1872)
• 1819 » John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic († 1900)
• 1820 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general († 1891)
• 1822 » Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist († 1894)

• 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
• 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
• 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
• 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
• 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
• 1768 » George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
• 1772 » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)

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 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 4 » Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
• September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.

The temperature on February 8, 1781 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.