About the day » Thursday May 10, 1781Calender converter

• Berber De Jong, Wijckel, Friesland, Holland († 1783)
• Berendina Oonk, Eibergen († 1823)
• Aartje (Aaltje) van Otterloo, Velp († 1846)
• Anna Maria Theresia Kuhlmann, Mettingen, Duitsland
• Arnoldus de Lelie, Tilburg († 1838)
• Agatha Schalkwijk, Zwammerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1820)
• Adriana Maria Reijns, 's Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1834)
• Anna Maria Thersia Kuhlmann, Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland
• Akke Pieters Ponne, Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1845)
• Anna Catharina Buss, Dörpen († 1859)

• Adriana Bruggeman (74), Lokeren
• Hubertus Salden (56), Obbicht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Jacob Arkenbout (71), Abbenbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacob Ariensz Arkenbout (71), Abbenbroek
• Hendrik Ypkemeule (55), Eschmarke
• François Magnan (79), Corbigny, Nièvre, France
• Elisabeth Fischer (30), Berghausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jean Joseph DELAUTRE (0), Bours, 62166, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE
• Catharina Josepha Danneel (12), Woumen
• Gerarda Hendriks Smorenburg

• 1727 » Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician († 1781)
• 1755 » Robert Gray, American captain and explorer († 1806)
• 1760 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer († 1836)
• 1760 » Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet († 1826)
• 1770 » Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1823)
• 1788 » Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer († 1827)
• 1812 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer († 1902)
• 1813 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General († 1883)
• 1838 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln († 1865)
• 1841 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher and broadcaster († 1918)

• 1717 » John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (b. 1641)
• 1726 » Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)
• 1774 » Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
• 1787 » William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)
• 1794 » Élisabeth of France, French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (b.1764)
• 1798 » George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)
• 1807 » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)

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)
• 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).
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
• 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 temperature on May 10, 1781 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: stofregen regen betrokken.