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• Anton Lansinkw√∂nner, Delden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arike van Eck, Gameren († 1852)
• Arie Geurtsen, Dodewaard († 1848)
• Anna Geertruij Kooimans
• Bartholomeus Delft van, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1859)
• Brand Hendriksen van de Slunt, Ede († 1853)
• Anna Maria De Keersmaecker, Temse, O-Vl, BE
• Baukjen Jans Sietzes Harkes († 1828)
• Antonius Huijts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arike(n) van ECK, Gameren (Gld.) († 1852)

• Adriana Joannis van Houtum (39), Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Cornelis Bosveld (64), Eenrum
• Adriaantje Everds van Houtum, Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan Vlasblom, 's-Gravendeel
• Joannes Adrianus Goetschalckx (55), Meer, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Bartholomeus Verhoeven (65), Wouw
• adreana joannes van houtum, liempde
• Elisabeth Bohrer (65), Homrighausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Arend Cornelisz BOSVELT (64), Eenrum, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Jacobus Rameekers (17), Klimmen, LI, Netherlands

• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
• 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)

• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)

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 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.
• January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on April 17, 1781 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.