About the day » Friday September 14, 1781Calender converter

• Anna Nobel, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1821)
• François FOURNIER, Clavé, 79420, France († 1826)
• Geerd Bramer († 1849)
• Arnoldus Arent Sijbelinck (op Gaardenkamp), Groenlo
• Beerent Caspersen Ossenberg, Nunspeet
• Cornelis Van Goubergen, Grobbendonk, België († 1844)
• Alexander Campbell
• David De Jacob HENRIQUES DE LA FUENTE, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1849)
• Cornelius Bosman, Moordrecht
• Arigje Benjaminsdr Verveer, Jaarsveld

• Adam van Solingen (59), Delft
• Abraham Paul (50), Cavendish, Suffolk, England
• Godefridus Prevaux (25), Berg en Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland
• Jacoba Bewier (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christine Walle (1), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Altien Alberts, Groningen (Groningen)
• Anne (53), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Heeres Bouma, Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland
• Godefridus Prevaux Prevoo (25), Berg en Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland
• Godefridus (Geurt) Prevost (51), Berg en Terblijt

• 1721 » Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician († 1807)
• 1736 » Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school († 1811)
• 1737 » Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer († 1806)
• 1769 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer († 1859)
• 1774 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India († 1839)
• 1791 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic († 1867)
• 1804 » John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator († 1881)
• 1804 » Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop († 1882)
• 1816 » Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer († 1860)
• 1837 » Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher († 1903)

• 1712 » Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (b. 1625)
• 1715 » Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (b. 1638)
• 1743 » Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
• 1749 » Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1675)
• 1759 » Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (b. 1712)
• 1807 » George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1821 » Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (b. 1797)
• 1836 » Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
• 1851 » James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (b. 1789)
• 1852 » Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)

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)
• 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).
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
• 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 September 14, 1781 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.