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• Antje Jentjes Grouwstra, Hijlaard († 1826)
• Antje van der Spek, Wateringen († 1843)
• Apolinardus van Haastrecht, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Adrianus Van Treijen, Halsteren († 1877)
• Apolinardus van Haastregt, Bergschenhoek († 1835)
• Apolinardus Cornelisz. van Haestrecht, Bergschenhoek († 1835)
• Antje Jentjes' Grouwstra, Hilaard († 1826)
• Anna Cornelia Van Der Herten, België († 1864)
• Andries Prinse, Zederik (Nieuwland) (Zuid Holland)
• Anna van der Spek, Wateringen († 1843)

• Amelberga Braem (59), Nieuwkerken-Waas
• Abigail Matson (13), Chester Co., PA
• Grietje Tonnis, Opeinde (Smallingerland)
• Emerentia Joannes van Houdt (0), Wintelre
• Agathe Pinard (78), Québec, Quebec, Canada
• Aeltjen Luitjes (57), Beekbergen
• Constantius Augustinus Bocklandt (84), Hamme
• Hubrechts (65), Bilzen
• Dirk (1791) Hoogenbos (0), Spaarnwoude
• Catharina Kreeft (32), Fijnaart en Heijningen

• 1738 » Barbara Catharina Mjödh, Finnish poet († 1776)
• 1763 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, German-Estonian linguist and author († 1832)
• 1768 » Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » William Wirt, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Attorney General († 1834)
• 1788 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene poet and educator († 1853)
• 1831 » Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th Governor-General of India († 1880)
• 1836 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company († 1911)
• 1837 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1907)
• 1847 » Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula († 1912)
• 1847 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician, 6th President of France († 1907)

• 1719 » Michel Rolle, French mathematician and author (b. 1652)
• 1773 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (b. 1754)
• 1828 » Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)

• 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 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
• 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.
• August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
• 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.
• November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

The temperature on November 8, 1791 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.