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• Catharina Jacobusdr Seeuws, Ulicoten († 1849)
• Egidius Guldentops, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, 2861, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1803)
• Anthonij ten Cate, Delden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1851)
• Cornelius Willemen, Rijen
• Edith MOXHAM, Berwick St John, Wiltshire, England († 1860)
• Anna Mechtilds Jacobs, Heer (L († 1814)
• Catherine Schoenholtz, Vincent, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1835)
• Anne Catherine ORBAN, Villers-Le-Bouillet, 61068, Liège, Belgique († 1857)
• Cornelis Antonius van de Moosdijk, Someren,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Catharina Anna Maria Joanna METTELER, Sittard (NL/LI) († 1821)

• Content Garretson (27), Warrington, York, Pennsylvania, United States
• Jean Baptiste Demeester (82), Elverdinge
• François ADAMY (72), Sarreguemines, 57200, Moselle, Grand Est, FRANCE
• Hendrik Gerrit Jordens (67), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes (Niesje) van der Hoorn (0), Ter Aar
• Jacob Pieters GLAS (71), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jochim Friedrich Anthon Meyer (2), Friedrichshagen, Germany
• Egidius Francus (73), Waarloos
• Jacob Pietersz Glas (71), Egmond aan Zee
• Anna Theresia DEWAELE, Gits

• 1745 » Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician and poet († 1824)
• 1755 » Sarah Siddons, English actress († 1831)
• 1780 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician († 1838)
• 1793 » Pavel Pestel, Russian officer († 1826)
• 1794 » Sylvester Graham, American minister and activist († 1851)
• 1801 » David Farragut, American admiral († 1870)
• 1802 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral († 1855)
• 1803 » George Borrow, British writer († 1881)
• 1805 » Robert FitzRoy, English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand († 1865)
• 1810 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus († 1891)

• 1715 » Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (b. 1659)
• 1719 » Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (b. 1641)
• 1773 » Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
• 1819 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744)
• 1826 » Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (b. 1782)
• 1833 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765)
• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)
• 1884 » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)

• 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)
• February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
• February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• 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.
• 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 5, 1781 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.