About the day » Tuesday August 21, 1781Calender converter

• Arij Van Der Sjouw, Zwartewaal
• Catharina (Trijntje) Stuyt, Zwaagdijk Nederland († 1848)
• Bernardus Kuipers, Hengelo-Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Lange Langen, Oosterwolde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara Sauter, Schambeck,Stuhlweißenburg,Komitat Pest,Ungarn,Zsámbok,H
• Anna Claessen, Meers-Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1783)
• Aaltje Langen, Oosterwolde († 1782)
• Arend Willems Kannegieter, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1837)
• Charles Joseph DELEAU, Boursies, 59097, Nord, Hauts de France, France († 1806)
• Adrianus Boudewijns, Loenhout, Antwerpen, België

• Elisabeth Vuchten (68), Klimmen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Ooms (2), Dessel, België
• Gilles BELLEBON (73), Plouasne, 22830, France
• Gerrit Pietersz van der Hoorn (51), Aarlanderveen, Nederland
• Cornelis Versluijs (3), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Jansen Slijkhuis (71), Tonden (Brummen)
• Aleida Boerboom, Arnhem
• Andreas BODMER (0), Hertingen (Duitsland)
• Georg Hendrick Boonacker (68), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• George Hendrick Boonacker (68), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1754 » Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician († 1833)
• 1754 » William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting († 1839)
• 1765 » William IV of the United Kingdom († 1837)
• 1789 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic († 1857)
• 1798 » Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher († 1874)
• 1800 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician († 1880)
• 1801 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician († 1876)
• 1813 » Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician († 1891)
• 1816 » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic († 1856)
• 1823 » Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer († 1899)

• 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)

• 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 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 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 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.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.

The temperature on August 21, 1781 was about 16.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.