About the day » Wednesday March 28, 1781Calender converter

• Catharina Coppens, Rosmalen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1811)
• Andreas Knippenbergh, Helden († 1817)
• andreas knippenbergh, helden († 1817)
• Adriana Willemstijn, Vuren († 1849)
• Anna Catharina DESCAMPS, Beselare Belgie († 1823)
• Andreas (Andries) Knippenbergh, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1817)
• Adrianus van Oosten, Voorburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abram Labordus, Leiden (Pieterskerk)
• Anna Maria de Bie, Oss
• Anthonij Slager, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1827)

• Hendrik Poppes Hiddinga (82), St Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Janettje Moenen (12)
• Jacoba (Jacomijn) Petrus Gijsberts, Vessem
• Catharina Ploegmekers (Pleumeekers) (72)
• Adriana Joosten van Beurden (42)
• Adrianus Kleijberg (67), Dussen, Nederland
• Catharina Meijs (63), Hulsberg, Nuth
• Aaltje Cornelisdr. van Klaveren (41), Stompwijk
• Cecile Chabrand (0), ( Villar d'Abas ) Uvernet-Fours
• Arnoldus Arts ARTS, Uden, 4288, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1743 » Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Russian academic and politician († 1810)
• 1750 » Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela († 1816)
• 1760 » Thomas Clarkson, English activist († 1846)
• 1773 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general († 1844)
• 1793 » Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist († 1864)
• 1795 » Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author († 1876)
• 1806 » Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist († 1891)
• 1811 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint († 1860)
• 1815 » Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet († 1896)
• 1818 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina († 1902)

• 1687 » Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
• 1794 » Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1818 » Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)

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. Neeltje
12. Grietje
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 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• 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 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 March 28, 1781 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.