About the day » Thursday July 5, 1781Calender converter

• Corneille Antoine (Cornelis) van de Moosdijk, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1855)
• Anne Catherine ORBAN, Villers-Le-Bouillet, 61068, Liège, Belgique († 1857)
• Dirkje Tijmens van den Akker, Nijkerk
• Dirkje van den Akker, Nijkerk
• Anna Mechtildis Jacobs, Heer, Limburg, Nederland († 1814)
• Egidius Guldentops, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, 2861, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1803)
• David Cornelis Jan van der Vliet, Rotterdam († 1843)
• Arnoldus Gijsen, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1790)
• Cornelis Antonius Van Den Moosdyk, Someren
• Anne Lucie HAMBLOK, Lommel,1648-1795,Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden († 1834)

• Cornelia van Kessel (47), Amsterdam
• Content Garretson (27), Warrington, York, Pennsylvania, United States
• Gerrigje Berri, Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Francisco Barbosa (1), São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brasil
• Cornelius MOYSON (42), Steenhuffel,1840,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Alida Jansd Duijnkerken (36)
• Jean Baptiste Demeester (82), Elverdinge
• Jacobus Melse van den BOS (58), Kruiningen,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Hendrik Gerrit Jordens (67), Deventer,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Hendrik Jansz Smit (46), Bunschoten

• 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)

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 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• 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.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on July 5, 1781 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.