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• Aaltje Douwes Burema, Meeden (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1861)
• Carel graaf de Geer († 1861)
• Elizabeth Catrina (Catharina) Fulling (Vulling), 's-Gravenhage († 1819)
• Aleida (Steghuis ~ Misdorp) Steggehuis, Borne
• Catharina Jenezon, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Cornelia de Goede, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Runyon, New Jersey († 1782)
• Garrit SIEBERINK, Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1859)
• Elisabeth (Lisabeth) Plas
• Derkijn Bijleveldt, Groningen († 1819)

• Albert Jans Plakmeijer (73), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barendina Patist (4), Cool (Z-H)
• Allegonda Emmert Smolders (81), Berkel-Enschot
• Aaltje van der Eem (1)
• Henricus Philips Croonen (66), Bergeijk
• Jakob Friedrich (44)
• Jacobus Verlinde, Terneuzen
• Antoon Vanden Bossche (47), Sint-Martens-Lennik
• Jacobus Faas, Zaamslag (Terneuzen)
• Aalbert Jans Plakmeijer (73), Heerde, Nederland

• 1740 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; d. 1816)
• 1746 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer († 1818)
• 1763 » János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author († 1845)
• 1800 » John Brown, American activist († 1859)
• 1801 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood († 1866)
• 1814 » John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright († 1880)
• 1823 » Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1824 » Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author († 1896)
• 1825 » James Collinson, Victorian painter († 1881)
• 1836 » Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart († 1912)

• 1736 » Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
• 1745 » Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
• 1747 » John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)
• 1760 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
• 1789 » Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
• 1790 » William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
• 1791 » Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
• 1805 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)

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)
• 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.
• January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
• 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.

The temperature on May 9, 1781 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.