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• Augustinus Georg Lycklama à Nijeholt († 1794)
• Aaltje v Ruitenbeek, Putten
• Abe Lubberts SIERSMA, Lemmer,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Joore, Terheijden (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1863)
• Anna Catharina FAES, Vosselaar, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Abe Lubberts Siersma, Lemmer († 1843)
• Annetje van der Hoeven, Oudenhoorn († 1831)
• Aaltje Ruijtenbeek, Putten
• Anne Hinnes Terpstra, Bergum († 1875)
• Anne Hinnes Terpstra, Bergum, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands

• Daniel Oostdijk (16), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Brita Johansdotter (78), Ovarp parish Sweden
• Joseph Crandell (71)
• Amalie Lauber (66), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Maria Jonckheere (63), Loppem
• Jannetje Janse (20)
• Guillelmus Kriek (34), Cecilia gasthuis, Leyden
• Jan van Rij, unbekannt
• Johannes George Sickler (55), Beekman, Dutchess, New York, United States
• Emert van der Aa, Rotterdam

• 1752 » James Morris III, American captain († 1820)
• 1757 » Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf († 1831)
• 1788 » Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician († 1874)
• 1790 » Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet and academic († 1855)
• 1798 » Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1857)
• 1807 » Robert E. Lee, American general and academic († 1870)
• 1808 » Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author († 1887)
• 1809 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic († 1849)
• 1810 » Talhaiarn, Welsh poet and architect (d.1869)
• 1813 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman († 1898)

• 1729 » William Congreve, English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
• 1755 » Jean-Pierre Christin, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
• 1766 » Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (b. 1695)
• 1785 » Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
• 1833 » Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist and composer (b. 1791)
• 1847 » Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772)
• 1847 » Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
• 1853 » Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)

• 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)
• July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
• 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.
• August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
• September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
• September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
• October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.

The temperature on January 19, 1791 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig.