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• Bernardus Knoef, Delden
• Anna Miller, Pennsylvania, United States († 1874)
• Anna Maria ten Haaf, Warbeyen
• Aagtje Geerts Fennema, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1872)
• Catharina Michiels, Halle
• Coenraad Schuurman, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland († 1873)
• Anne Marie GODINAS, LINCE, Liège, Belgique († 1830)
• Arnoldus Joosten, Keppeln
• Caroline Joseph GAUDY, Écaussinnes-D'enghien, 55008, Hainaut, Belgique († 1829)
• Antonia van der Weide, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1828)

• Barbara Judoca Bolsens (43), Temse
• André BOUSCH (65), Lelling, 57389, Moselle, Lorraine, FRANCE
• Aaltje Cornelisdr Hoek (84), Katwijk aan Zee
• Anna Maria Engel (76), Neuve-Eglise,67320,bas-rhin,france
• Beatrix COENEN (28), Maastricht,Gemeente Maastricht,LIMBURG,NEDERLAND
• Aaltje Hoek (84), Katwijk
• Caatje Palstock
• David Huijbertsz. van Hensbergen, Wassenaar aangifte
• David Huijbertsz Hensbergen, Wassenaar
• Barbara Ann MILLER (84), Shrewsbury Twp., York Co., PA

• 1738 » Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general († 1775)
• 1754 » William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York († 1809)
• 1759 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society († 1828)
• 1760 » John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General († 1806)
• 1760 » Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator († 1826)
• 1810 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle († 1892)
• 1811 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture († 1885)
• 1817 » Heinrich von Sybel, German historian, academic, and politician († 1895)
• 1825 » Pedro II of Brazil († 1891)
• 1827 » William Burges, English architect and designer († 1881)

• 1719 » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
• 1723 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
• 1726 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
• 1747 » Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
• 1748 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
• 1774 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
• 1814 » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
• 1859 » John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)

• 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 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 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
• September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• 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 December 2, 1791 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.