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• Albert Jans Karel, Schokland († 1877)
• Aart Verhulst, Colijnsplaat († 1864)
• Anna Barbara Geysels, Bouwel Grobbendonk, België († 1829)
• Aaltje Muijs, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleijda Midden, Epe († 1868)
• Anna Marie VAN CRAIJBEEK, Genk († 1843)
• Antje Harms Meijer, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1867)
• Aaltje BEKER, Voorst, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander Skarlatovitsj Prins Sturdza, Iasi (Jassy), Moldavië, Roemenië († 1854)
• Anna Catharina Bastiaensen, Essen B

• Berent Anneveld, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Bosch (77), Hulsberg, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Dillamane (Thellmann) (61), Longswamp Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Catharina Hedwig van Wilmersdorf (70), Ferchesar, Brandenburg
• Cornelis, Harderwijk
• Eelkjen PAULUS, Grouw
• Anna van der Mark (10), Wassenaar
• Catharina van Meel, Chaam
• Arie van Reeuwijk (26), Zegwaart
• Elisabeth Velderhof (Felderhoff), Amsterdam

• 1756 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher († 1837)
• 1772 » Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia († 1806)
• 1774 » Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands († 1837)
• 1785 » David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic († 1841)
• 1787 » Louis Daguerre, French physicist and photographer, developed the daguerreotype († 1851)
• 1804 » Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Italy († 1878)
• 1810 » Asa Gray, American botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1832 » Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer († 1901)
• 1833 » James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria († 1895)
• 1836 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright, poet, and illustrator († 1911)

• 1724 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese priest (b. 1685)
• 1785 » Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1725)
• 1797 » Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (b. 1733)
• 1814 » William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745)
• 1830 » Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
• 1841 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)
• 1852 » Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)

• 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.
• March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• 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 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
• September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly

The temperature on November 18, 1791 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.