About the day » Wednesday November 16, 1791Calender converter

• Barbara Maria Rookes, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1793)
• ALEXANDER BREUGELMANS, Antwerpen
• Artimisia Brown, Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States († 1843)
• Annigje Teunisd Thoen, Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Anna Maria van Doren, Hilvarenbeek
• Adrianus van Gastel, Zevenbergen (NL) († 1846)
• Anna Elisabeth Broeckhoven, Eindhout, België
• Anne Swann, Knapton, Norfolk, England
• Adrianus Bruijn, Monnickendam († 1874)
• Adrianus Andries, Begijnendijk, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique († 1839)

• Benedictus Bernardus Van de Voorde (36)
• Abrahams Willems Jonker (80), Heerde
• Abraham Jonker (Willems) (80), Heerde
• Hendrik Zeggelink (Zegelink, Seggelink) (27), Enschede Stad
• Jan Baptiste Develtere (80), Passendale, Flandre occidentale, Belgique
• Abraham (Willems) (de) Jonker (80), Heerde
• Crelis Crelissen de Leeuw (53)
• Jan Hendriks Kloosterman (53), Mastenbroek, Zwollerkerspel, Nederland
• Jan Hendrikszn Kloosterman (53), Mastenbroek
• Crelis (Cornelis) Crelissen de Leeuw (53)

• 1750 » Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician († 1818)
• 1753 » James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician († 1816)
• 1758 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author († 1841)
• 1774 » Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance († 1845)
• 1793 » Francis Danby, Irish painter of the Romantic era († 1861)
• 1806 » Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator († 1887)
• 1807 » Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic poet, author and naturalist († 1845)
• 1811 » John Bright, English academic and politician († 1889)
• 1836 » Kalākaua of Hawaii († 1891)
• 1839 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian poet, author, and politician († 1908)

• 1724 » Jack Sheppard, English criminal (b. 1702)
• 1745 » James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1665)
• 1773 » John Hawkesworth, English journalist and author (b. 1715)
• 1779 » Pehr Kalm, Finnish botanist and explorer (b. 1716)
• 1790 » Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (b. 1723)
• 1797 » Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
• 1802 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (b. 1746)
• 1806 » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
• 1808 » Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1779)
• 1836 » Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (b. 1761)

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)
• January 10 » The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
• January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
• July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
• August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
• September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
• December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

The temperature on November 16, 1791 was about 9.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken regen.