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• Aafjen Geerts BOS, Sint Jansgea, De Fryske Marren, Fryslân, Netherlands
• Arendina Gerrits, Lemele († 1884)
• Anna Geertruij Stenneken, Amsterdam
• Andries TEGELAAR, Leiden, Pieterskerk
• Ariaantje Visser, Sliedrecht († 1880)
• Abe Rientses' Rienstra, Sneek
• Amelia Meurisse, Ardooie,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1836)
• Adriana Pietersdr. van den Berg, Nootdorp
• Abe Rientzes Rientsma, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1831)
• Abraham Jacob van Koppele(n), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland) († 1870)

• Christina Schrederhof (18), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Helena Cornelisse van der Pol (54), Rijswijk, Nederland
• Francis Marion Smith (58), Anson, North Carolina, United States
• Anna Maria Aert Lambrechts Verheyden, Minderhout (B)
• Anna Maria Lambrechts (86), Minderhout, België
• Adrianus Huijzers (41), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Evert Wijnands van Leeuwen (57), Veenendaal,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Guilleme Joseph Baudry (9), Celles, 7760, Belgique
• Evert Wijnandszn van Leeuwen (57), Gemeente Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Etienne BERTHE (13), Saint-Hilaire-le-Petit,51490,Marne,Champagne-Ardenne,FRANCE

• 1722 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author († 1805)
• 1763 » Charles XIV John of Sweden († 1844)
• 1781 » Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author († 1831)
• 1813 » Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet († 1876)
• 1824 » Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist († 1888)
• 1832 » George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist († 1924)
• 1842 » François Coppée, French poet and author († 1908)
• 1852 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer († 1905)
• 1857 » 12th Dalai Lama († 1875)
• 1861 » Louis Anquetin, French painter († 1932)

• 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
• 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
• 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
• 1795 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
• 1823 » Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
• 1824 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
• 1831 » Anton Delvig, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)
• 1831 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)
• 1849 » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)

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. Leendert
16. John

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 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 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
• May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
• August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
• September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.

The temperature on January 26, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.