About the day » Friday December 2, 1791Calender converter

• Anne Marie GODINAS, LINCE, Liège, Belgique († 1830)
• Catharina Michiels, Halle
• Christina Janssen, Maasbree († 1873)
• Arnoldus Brenders, Oude Tonge
• Berend Roelofs Huisingh, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1868)
• Adriana Elmendorp, Rotterdam,- († 1875)
• Cornelis Vermeer, Zoelen († 1855)
• Arie de Bruijn, Rijnsburg († 1793)
• Bernardus Knoef, Delden
• Antonius Welte (Welten), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 1878)

• Berend Geerdes
• Berend Leuwe (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernhart Lewe (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Berendina Helmigh (50), Kampen, Ov., NL
• Adrianus van de Wijnsouwen (67), Tilburg
• Eleanor Cottrell **** (76), Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• David Huijbertsz Hensbergen, Wassenaar
• Beatrix Gertrudix Coenen (28), Maastricht, Limbourg, Pays-Bas
• Aaltje Cornelisdr Hoek (84), Katwijk aan Zee
• Bernhard Lewe van Aduard (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland NL

• 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)

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. Leendert
16. John

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 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
• 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.
• September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
• September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
• 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.
• December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

The temperature on December 2, 1791 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.