About the day » Wednesday June 20, 1781Calender converter

• Aaltje van Ancum, Dalfsen
• Durk Jans Groustra, Oosternijkerk, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1835)
• Anna Montanye, Essex County, New Jersey
• François Joseph LEVARLET, STAVELOT (Parfondruy), Liège, Belgique
• Berent HINDRIKS, Oldehove, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Carel (Karel) Donse (Donze), Neusen († 1818)
• Dettje Hanzes van der Werf, Balk, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1836)
• Anna van der Waeter, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1837)
• Geertrui Willemsd Van Der WAAL, Heinenoord
• Elizabeth Veldhuizen, Bunnik († 1868)

• Hendrik Cornelisz Van Der SCHOOR (67), Oud-Beijerland
• Jacobus Timmerman (40), Sijsele (B)
• Jan Carels (44), Niekerk, province of Groningen
• Charles Auguste SENECHAL (0), Roeulx,59172,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Jan Jans Heus (77), Berkel
• Anna Cornelia PELKMANS (38), Merksplas, Belgie
• Alijda Parmentier (30), Amsterdam
• Dina Greve, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacobus VROOMEN (22), Beek (NL/LI)
• Jacobus Brabants (62), LIER

• 1756 » Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer and educator († 1792)
• 1761 » Jacob Hübner, German entomologist and author († 1826)
• 1763 » Wolfe Tone, Irish rebel leader († 1798)
• 1770 » Moses Waddel, American minister and academic († 1840)
• 1771 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War († 1848)
• 1771 » Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright († 1820)
• 1777 » Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop († 1840)
• 1778 » Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French politician, 7th Prime Minister of France († 1832)
• 1786 » Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet and author († 1859)
• 1796 » Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal († 1878)

• 1776 » Benjamin Huntsman, English businessman (b. 1704)
• 1787 » Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (b. 1723)
• 1800 » Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (b. 1719)
• 1810 » Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (b. 1755)
• 1815 » Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
• 1820 » Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian general, economist, and politician (b. 1770)
• 1837 » William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1840 » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on June 20, 1781 was about 31.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt donder.