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• Aaltje Jobs Faber, Mantgum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1856)
• Anne Jans Timmer, Harlingen
• Anthonius Borsboom, Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland († 1853)
• Anthonius Borsboom, Wassenaar († 1853)
• Anneke Merkens, Beesd West Betuwe (GL) († 1879)
• Anna van OOIJEN, Standdaarbuiten († 1860)
• Bastiaan Hermens SNAAIJER, Puttershoek
• Barendina van der Ven, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Arend Arendsz Zwart, Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Anne Schulz, Utrecht

• Anna Berben (73), Neer, Limburg, Nederland
• Elizabeth Kirschner (65), Lehigh Co, PA
• Elizabeth Kercher (65), Pennsylavania, Verenigde Staten
• Job Manteau (3)
• Joanna Bervoets, Zandhoven
• Benjamin BACON (77)
• Joannes VERHAEGH (58), Horst, Limburg, Netherlands
• Joannes Van Grunderbeeck (3), Berg
• Elisabeth Segers, Hamme
• Bernardus Vriezen (0), Westendorp (NL)

• 1760 » William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician († 1844)
• 1762 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist († 1813)
• 1771 » Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer († 1842)
• 1791 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author († 1859)
• 1808 » Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee († 1873)
• 1832 » Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States († 1892)
• 1832 » Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter († 1884)
• 1835 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist († 1920)
• 1842 » Charles Cros, French poet and author († 1888)
• 1842 » S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist († 1924)

• 1684 » Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
• 1693 » Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
• 1708 » John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
• 1768 » Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
• 1788 » William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
• 1837 » Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
• 1864 » Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 » Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)

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 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
• 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.
• June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
• 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.

The temperature on October 1, 1791 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.