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• Catharina Becker
• Anna Kreitenberg, Warbeyen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Wildriks, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1847)
• ? Louchart, Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrijk († 1781)
• Anna Wildriks Zuidema, Midwolda, Nederland († 1847)
• Abeltje Claasjen Wal van der, Tinallinge († 1827)
• Anna Wildriks Zuidema, Midwolda († 1847)
• Antonius (Antoon) Sijben, Neer († 1869)
• Berendina Piers, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Van Praet († 1794)

• Franciscus Van Der Veken (63), Kasterlee, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Margaretha Dycken (68), Brachelen, Duitsland
• Franciscus Blommaert (67), Maarkedal (Etikhove), Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Susanna Son, van (25), Leiden
• Aaltje Jans (Aldegondis) Tinnermans (59), Heemstede
• Cornelis Adriaensz FAASSEN (71), Nieuw-Beijerland
• cornelis adriaansz faassen, nieuw-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Aaltje Jans (Aldegondis) Tinnemans (59), Heemstede
• Anna Jacoba van Leer (68), klundert (noord brabant)
• Adam Leendertsz Appel (41), de Rijp, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1766 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer († 1875)
• 1771 » Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter († 1835)
• 1773 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province († 1836)
• 1774 » Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer († 1814)
• 1789 » Francis Rawdon Chesney, English general and explorer († 1872)
• 1789 » Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician († 1854)
• 1794 » Ami Boué, Austrian geologist and ethnographer († 1881)
• 1797 » Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist († 1864)
• 1799 » Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer († 1871)
• 1800 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan († 1846)

• 1679 » John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
• 1721 » James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)
• 1736 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1710)
• 1737 » Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)
• 1738 » George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)
• 1747 » Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)
• 1838 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)

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 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.
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 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.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

The temperature on March 16, 1781 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.