About the day » Thursday July 12, 1781Calender converter

• Balthazarina Wilhelmina Falck, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands († 1792)
• Charlotte CADOGAN, Mayfair, Westminster, Middlesex († 1853)
• david van SEVENTER, dubbeldam
• Antonius (Antonie) Rooijmans, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 1854)
• Antje Jans Osinga, Menaldum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Zeevalkink, Zelhem († 1848)
• david jansz van seventer, dubbeldam (zuid holland)
• Adrianus De Belser, Beerzel, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1845)
• Cornelius Jakobus Spandaw, Ten Boer
• Cornelis PAS Jzn, Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH

• Anthoine COMBES (80), La Denterie, Chastel-sur-Murat, Cantal, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, FRANCE
• Johanna Oeveren (41), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Jacob Beam Boehm (88), Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Guurtje Floris Cruijver (55), Koog aan de Zaan
• Johanna van Oeveren (41), Oud Vossemeer
• JOHANNA VERHOEVE (41), Oud Vossemeer
• Dirk Joosten (17), Overveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth van der Velde, Amsterdam
• Jacobus Van der Biest (0), Woubrechtegem
• Maria Cardon, Jabbeke

• 1730 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company († 1795)
• 1803 » Peter Chanel, French priest and saint († 1841)
• 1807 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic († 1893)
• 1813 » Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic († 1878)
• 1817 » Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska († 1899)
• 1817 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher († 1862)
• 1821 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic († 1889)
• 1824 » Eugène Boudin, French painter († 1898)
• 1828 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic († 1889)
• 1849 » William Osler, Canadian physician and author († 1919)

• 1693 » John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (b. 1626)
• 1742 » Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)
• 1749 » Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)
• 1773 » Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (b. 1697)
• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)

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 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• 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 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

The temperature on July 12, 1781 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.