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April 23, 1781Born on Tuesday April 24, 1781
- Antonij Schellekens, Gilze
- Geertje Willems, Assendorp, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1858)
- Geert ter Gast, Weener, Duitsland († 1803)
- Anne Catherine Pietan, Sint-Truiden,3800,Limburg,BE
- Derk Berends de Pree, De Wijk († 1847)
- Anna-Marie Caveye, Hoeke, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1858)
- Bernardus Fredericus Willemsen, Groningen
- Dorothea Petronella KOPPELAAR, 's-Hertogenbosch, 4192, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1833)
- Adriana de Pooter, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Geertje Willems (van Beek), Heerde († 1858)
Died on Tuesday April 24, 1781
- Catharina Maas, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland
- (31), Texel, Nederland
- Elizabeth Wulp van der (42), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Eugénie Niquet, Colméry, Francia
- Elisabeth van der Wulp (68), Dordrecht
- Anna Gesina Haarman (47), Dinklage (D)
- David van Eijk (96), Stompwijk,-
- Barend Schut (0), Apeldoorn
- Ellen Pedersdatter, Sandbjerg
- David Jansse van Eijk, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 24, 1781 at Delpher
Born on April 24
- 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
- 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
- 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
- 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
- 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
- 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
- 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
- 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
- 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
- 1862 » Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist († 1957)
Died on April 24
- 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
- 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
- 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
- 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
- 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
- 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
- 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
- 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
- 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
- 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
Names that were popular for boys in 1781
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Joseph
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Jans
- Franciscus
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1781
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Jans
- Trijntje
- Adriana
- Elizabeth
- Neeltje
- Grietje
- Antje
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1781
- 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.
- 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 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.
- November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
The weather on Tuesday April 24, 1781
The temperature on April 24, 1781 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken omtrent helder.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI