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• Catharine Joseph Turbelin, Leers (FR59)
• Catharina Boeren, Boxtel († 1859)
• , Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania († 1850)
• Dirk Louwman, Dordrecht († 1842)
• Dirk LOUMAN, Dordrecht († 1842)
• Antoine Augustin Celestin Halbaut, Haisnes les la Bassée († 1781)
• Adrien Philippe PARIS, Mecquignies,59570, Frankrijk († 1812)
• Antje Schoonderbeek, Sassenheim
• Anthonie Borgsteede, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1781)
• Andries van Beek († 1836)

• Abraham Drake * (65), North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
• Gottlieb Haller (0), Steinberg, Murrhardt, Württemberg, Germany
• Cornelis Janse Westdorp (74), Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Eefje Derks (64), Groningen
• Arendina Jansen (34), Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Elisabeth Louage (85), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna REEP (64), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Janse Westdorp (74), Stavenisse
• Eefje Dercks Derks (64), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josyne Van Meel, Waasmunster (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)

• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)
• 1818 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic († 1889)
• 1819 » Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1891)
• 1831 » Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator († 1918)

• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

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 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• 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.
• 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 August 1, 1781 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.