About the day » Tuesday May 8, 1781Calender converter

• Aleida te Raaij, Netterden († 1853)
• Albertje Alberts, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Abiel Goodell Jr., Westminster, Windham, Vermont, Verenigde Staten († 1845)
• Albertus Lambertus van ENGELANDT, Schijndel, 4178, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1841)
• Cornelis Christiaansz van Dijk, Voorschoten, Nederland († 1854)
• Anna Theresia Hemeryck, Torhout († 1829)
• Albertus Adriani Petri van Engeland, Schijndel
• Elisabeth Bowen, York County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1853)
• Berend Florens, Apeldoorn
• Albertus Willems van GELDER, Zwolle

• Godefridus van der Weijden (72), Zeelst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Verwimp (80), Tongerlo
• Aaltje Borst (7), Oudkarspel
• Aaltje Pieters, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Isaac Isaksson Flank (80), Ultervattnet Bygdeå Västerbotten(AC)
• Bengt BORJESSON (75), Lilla Stockaslatt, Bjurback, Skaraborgs County
• Franciscus De Schryver (65), Bornem
• Jenneken Timmers (66), Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Mar. Ils. Wellerdieck (0), Isselhorst, Westfalen
• Anna Maria Verwimp (85), Tongerlo

• 1735 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician († 1811)
• 1737 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician († 1794)
• 1745 » Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer († 1801)
• 1753 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader († 1811)
• 1786 » John Vianney, French priest and saint († 1859)
• 1815 » Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician († 1872)
• 1818 » Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick († 1896)
• 1821 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1885)
• 1824 » William Walker, American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary († 1860)
• 1825 » George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel and author († 1898)

• 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
• 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
• 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 » Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands
• 1822 » John Stark, American general (b. 1728)

• 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.
• 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 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on May 8, 1781 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.