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• Ariaantje Kuijt, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Engele Tieltjes, Aalten († 1845)
• Egidius Scheirlinckx, Hekelgem,, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Abraham Stikkel, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Catharina Maria Ram, Utrecht (UTR) NL († 1834)
• Anke Fokkes Koning, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1846)
• Garrit Jan Grooten Tjaank, Laren
• Bastiaan Oorbeek, dirksland (goeree overflakkee) († 1833)
• Adriana Walraven, Emmikhoven (gem. Woudrichem) († 1856)
• Cornelius De Pooter, Broechem († 1846)

• Joanna in gen Leijst (73), Blerick, Gemeente Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Catherine Defossez, Spa, 4900, Liège, Belgique
• Cornelia Munck de (50), Middelburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• John Smith
• Abel Frans Poisson de Vandières Markgraaf van Marig (54), Parijs
• Elisabeth (Butselaer of) Boetselaer (78), Odijk
• Christine Bojanovska
• Egidius Everaert (76), Hamme
• Adrianus Van Reusel (45), Herentals
• Cornelia de Munck (51), Middelburg

• 1754 » Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher († 1812)
• 1755 » Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer († 1824)
• 1767 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1851)
• 1774 » Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician († 1853)
• 1777 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman († 1855)
• 1803 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic († 1873)
• 1804 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada († 1858)
• 1806 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician († 1881)
• 1812 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator († 1888)
• 1814 » Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer († 1889)

• 1708 » Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
• 1748 » Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
• 1759 » Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
• 1784 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
• 1792 » Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
• 1801 » Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)

• 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)
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• 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 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
• 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.

The temperature on May 12, 1781 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.