About the day » Sunday April 17, 1791Calender converter

• Aite Roelfs Datema, Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland († 1793)
• Adriana KAMERMAN, Veen († 1871)
• Adrianus Segers, Kapelle-op-den-Bos, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1864)
• Anna de Clercq, Amsterdam († 1814)
• Aartje Schuijlenburg, Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland († 1863)
• Alida REINDERS Bebing, (GR) Groningen
• Albartus van Ommen, Diepenveen
• Adriana Kamerman(s), Veen (NBR) The Netherlands
• Allemt Derks Seijer
• Aaltien Schonewille, Hoogeveen († 1870)

• Dirkje Klaasdr van Breestraten (Barrenhoorn) (57), Noordwijk, Nederland
• Adrianus Weijnen (76), Bergeijk
• Allert BERENTS (1), Den Hoorn (Hoorn), Wehe-den Hoorn, Leens, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Dirkje Klaasdr "Barnhoorn" Breestraten (57), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hélène Herve - Deherve, Soiron
• Isaac BALDWIN (53), Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Dirkje Klaas Breestraten (56), Noordwijk
• Dirkje Klaasdr Breestraten (57), Noordwijk-Binnen
• Catharina Roels (2), Eernegem, Ichtegem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Dirkje Claesdr. Breestraten (57), Noordwijk

• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
• 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)
• 1833 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1900)
• 1837 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. († 1913)

• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Joannes
7. Gerrit
8. Willem
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Adrianus
15. John
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Joanna
8. Trijntje
9. Grietje
10. Neeltje
11. Marie
12. Aaltje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• 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 10 » The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
• March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
• August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
• September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.

The temperature on April 17, 1791 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.