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• Antje Gaeles Hoekstra, Stiens († 1879)
• Anna Therese Baeys, Leffinge († 1854)
• Aren (Arend) van der Veer, Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1867)
• Aaltje van Loosen, Enkhuizen († 1862)
• Aren van der Veer, Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus 't Hart, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1856)
• Anna Catharina Siers, Oldenzaal († 1864)
• Ale Annes (Aale van der Velde, Oldelamer, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1861)
• ? ? († 1853)
• Adrianus 't Hart, Pernis († 1856)

• Agnes De Schepper (41), Tielt, België
• Catharina van Gorp (44), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Cornelis Ariensz Van Der MAREL (81), 's-Gravenzande
• Claas Jacobsz van Duijn (40), Katwijk
• Catharina van Gorp, Tilburg
• Angelica van der Velden (2), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alegondis Hanraets (53), Horst
• Cesar SYX, Zonnebeke,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Catharina Anthonij (Joa) Anthonia van Doorn (40), Tilburg
• Constantijn CEUSTERMANS (1), Vorst, 2430, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België

• 1749 » Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning († 1841)
• 1753 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist († 1815)
• 1755 » Louis XVIII, king of France († 1824)
• 1765 » Jacques MacDonald, French general († 1840)
• 1769 » Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1818)
• 1790 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer († 1868)
• 1793 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic († 1865)
• 1816 » August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian († 1876)
• 1827 » Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet († 1895)
• 1835 » Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio († 1915)

• 1747 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)
• 1776 » James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)
• 1780 » Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1796 » Catherine the Great, of Russia (b. 1729)
• 1808 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)
• 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
• 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)

• 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)
• February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
• August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
• September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
• September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
• November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
• December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

The temperature on November 17, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.