About the day » Sunday August 5, 1781Calender converter

• angélique TILLIER, Pâturages (Belgium) Hainaut
• Aalt Lagerweij, Doorn,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Aerts, Wortel, Antwerpen, België
• Aalt Gijsbertsz. Lagerweij, Doorn († 1795)
• Agatha Dorothea Roose, Brugge, België († 1849)
• Anna Cornelia Pauw, Vleuten
• Anna Maria Aarts, Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
• Adriana Vinkesteijn, Den Haag, 6000, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1805)
• Anna Catharina Visart, Amsterdam († 1852)
• Annigje GUIJS, Sliedrecht

• Geesje Gerrits van Dijk (21), Zalk, Ov, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Van Hal (27), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• anna catharina EXSTEEN (81), curacao
• Arie Gijsberts Boer (64), Puttershoek
• Hendrik Jans Morre (56), Zwartsluis
• Bastiaantje Ariensdr Leeuwenburg (60), Sandelingen Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Gijsbertsz Boer (63), puttershoek (zuid holland)
• Bastiaantje Ariens Leeuwenburg (60), Sandelingen-Ambacht
• Grietje, Ureterp, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalbert van der Valk (46), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1749 » Thomas Lynch Jr., American commander and politician († 1779)
• 1797 » Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer († 1879)
• 1802 » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist († 1829)
• 1811 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer († 1896)
• 1813 » Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist († 1896)
• 1815 » Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica († 1901)
• 1827 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil († 1892)
• 1828 » Louise of the Netherlands († 1871)
• 1833 » Carola of Vasa († 1907)
• 1843 » James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer († 1927)

• 1729 » Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)
• 1743 » John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)
• 1778 » Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)
• 1778 » Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756)
• 1792 » Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)

• 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 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.
• March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.

The temperature on August 5, 1781 was about 15.0 °C. There was 90 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.