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• Anthonij de KIEVIT, Oud Beijerland († 1856)
• Anna Catharina Kamps, Hulhuizen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1879)
• Carel Wilhelm Hoffschlag, Munster, Pruissen
• Beeltje van den Born, Doorwerth
• Antonij de Kievit, Oud-Beijerland († 1856)
• Albertus Stocks, Dinther
• Antje Ariens Krom, Berkhout,Noord Holland,Netherlands
• Carel Willem Hoffschlag, Munster († 1868)
• Antoon van den Hoogen, Reek, NL († 1854)
• Anna (Jan) Duijn, Krommeniedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1868)

• David Scott (37), Charleston, South Carolina
• Daniel Nash (84), Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
• Arend Jansz. Eeken (74), Grootebroek, NH, Nederland
• Aalt Petersen (52), Uddel
• Anthal Graaf Károlyi van Nagy-Károly (58), Penczing
• Abraham Goester (53), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Stolk (0), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charlotte Caroline Amalie von Waldburg (63), Kaliningrad / Königsberg, Russie
• Anton \ Antony \ Antonij Katon \ Caton (76)
• Anna Catharina Boirts, Olmen

• 1732 » Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist († 1785)
• 1758 » Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1794)
• 1759 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician († 1833)
• 1772 » William I of the Netherlands († 1840)
• 1787 » James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer († 1834)
• 1824 » Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar († 1891)
• 1837 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)
• 1851 » Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1924)

• 1759 » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1770 » Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)
• 1779 » Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 » Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)

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)
• 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 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
• September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
• October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
• November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

The temperature on August 24, 1791 was about 23.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.