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Born on Thursday August 18, 1791
- Alida Henrica Nakke, Utrecht, Nederland
- Adriaan Rijnberg, Nieuwerkerk († 1884)
- Anna Catharina KOIJEN, Meerle, Antwerpen, België († 1862)
- Antonia Laarhoven, van, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Christiaan VAN GESTEL, Hilvarenbeek,North-Brabant,Netherlands
- Adrianus Kort, wormerveer
- Anna Dierks, Bei der Straße
- Bastiaan Aartsz van den Oven, Waardhuizen († 1849)
- Anna Jans van Gorkum, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
- Adriana Van Dussen, Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland († 1866)
Died on Thursday August 18, 1791
- Cornelis Jansz. Starreveld, Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland
- Cornelis Starreveld (65), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Robert 1747 Logan - Scotland (44), Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Daniël Lodewijk Vrijheer van Fischer (55)
- Joannes Piters (74), Eijsden
- Cornelius Adriaanse Verbraeck (96), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- John Morse (80), Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
- Henrich Schmidt (59), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Pieter Leijs (0), Hoek
- Marie Anne Vermandere, Rumbeke
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 18, 1791 at Delpher
Born on August 18
- 1750 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor († 1825)
- 1754 » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer († 1833)
- 1774 » Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician († 1809)
- 1792 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1878)
- 1803 » Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General († 1881)
- 1807 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia († 1893)
- 1819 » Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia († 1876)
- 1822 » Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician († 1862)
- 1830 » Franz Joseph I of Austria († 1916)
- 1831 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician († 1931)
Died on August 18
- 1683 » Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
- 1707 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1640)
- 1712 » Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1660)
- 1765 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
- 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
- 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
- 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
- 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
- 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
- 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
Names that were popular for boys in 1791
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Gerrit
- Willem
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Klaas
- Adrianus
- John
- Leendert
Names that were popular for girls in 1791
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Joanna
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Marie
- Aaltje
- Adriana
- Antje
- Jannetje
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1791
- 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 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
- 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).
- May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
- August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
- September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
- December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
Weather August 18, 1791
The temperature on August 18, 1791 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.