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• Aaltje Dirks Onderwater, Noordwijk († 1853)
• Aaltje Streefkerk, Nederhorst den Berg,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje (Alida) Dirksdr Onderwater, Noordwijk aan Zee († 1853)
• Adrianus Norbertus Van Loon, Ravels († 1859)
• Aaltje Dirksdr Onderwater, Noordwijk aan Zee († 1853)
• Anna Schimmelpenning, Kampen, Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Allegonda LEERMAKERS, Waalre,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alagonda Leermakers, Waalre († 1824)
• Aaltje Onderwater, Noordwijk aan Zee, Nederland († 1782)
• Allegonda Leermakers, Waalre († 1853)

• Evertje Blaauwendraad (9), Woudenberg, Utrecht, NL
• Bernhard Hendrik Cremer (64), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Eeuwe Jans (44), Ureterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Godefridus Soontjens (2), Bladel
• Crijna de Vlieger (31), Brouwershaven
• Elizabeth FRERIKS (4), Midwolda, Scheemda, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland
• Baroness Maria Theresia of Gelder
• Catharina Jans Smits (66), Voorhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Mouw (62), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gerrardus Adamsen (Visscher) Visscher (41)

• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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. Grietje
12. Neeltje
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)
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.

The temperature on May 20, 1781 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: betrokken regen.