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• Cornelia Anna Sophia REES, Dordrecht
• August Adolph Baron Van Pallandt, Hengelo, Overijsel, Netherlands († 1791)
• Anna Daniels van den Eijnden, Beek en Donk,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1869)
• Adriaan van Haaren, Oisterwijk († 1858)
• Abraham Smoor, Rockanje († 1867)
• Anne Louise d'Assas († 1883)
• Coleta Cadron, Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen († 1807)
• Aaltje Egberts Kooiman, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1869)
• Alje Willems Heemstra, Lagemeeden, Aduard, Groningen, Nederland († 1832)
• Anton JANSSEN, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1850)

• Joannes Baptist Van Rompaey (50), Schriek
• Adriana Jansdr van Tol (0), Wassenaar
• nanning jansz kikkert (56), texel (wadden eiland. nh)
• Adriana Jansdr. van Tol (0), Wassenaar aangifte
• Carel Frederik VROLIJK (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Van Reusel (59), Tongerlo, 3960, België
• Adriana de Lange (30), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Hendrikus van Wateringen (4), Noordwijkerhout aangegeven
• Mary Bass (43), Killingly, Conneticut
• Dirkje van Tuijl (77), Rhenen

• 1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
• 1792 » Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist († 1860)
• 1798 » Pedro I, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
• 1801 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1873)
• 1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
• 1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1840 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress († 1909)
• 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
• 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
• 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)

• 1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
• 1730 » Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
• 1758 » Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)

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)
• March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
• September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
• November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
• December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
• December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

The temperature on October 12, 1791 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.