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• Ardina van der Velden, Best († 1872)
• Aaltjen Russer, Steenderen
• Anthonij Gideon Petrus ANEMAET, Ooltgensplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1862)
• Apolonia Dobbelaer, Stoppeldijk († 1869)
• Anna Elisabeth van der Koog, Dordt († 1847)
• Antonius Vloedbeld, Zenderen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aletta Johanna Serrij, Rotterdam (Weezestraat) († 1864)
• Berend Migchelbrink, Varsseveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1874)
• Aletta Johanna Serrij, Rotterdam († 1864)
• Apollonia Dobbelaar, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1869)

• hugo Janssen Formezyn (2), Nordstrand, Schleswig-Holstein, Preussen
• Catharijna Arijsdr van Woggelum (55), Maasland, Nederland
• Catharina or Caatje Van Wogelom (55), Maasland
• Gerrit Zoetemelk, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hillegijn Jans Keijzer (16), Groningen
• Daniël Hermes (46), Hilversum
• Jacobus Franciscus de Vos (67), Veurne (st. Nic.) (B)
• Adrianus Bultiens, Noorderwijk, Herentals, Antwerpen, België
• Claas Pietersz Tensen (25), Wervershoof, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Eugène GODISIABOIS (0), Lessines, 55023, Hainaut, Belgique

• 1777 » Alexander I of Russia († 1825)
• 1790 » Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar († 1832)
• 1793 » Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan († 1863)
• 1804 » Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic († 1869)
• 1805 » Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement († 1844)
• 1807 » Anthony Mary Claret, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary († 1870)
• 1810 » Edward Blyth, English zoologist († 1873)
• 1810 » Karl Richard Lepsius, German Egyptologist († 1884)
• 1812 » Henri-Alexandre Wallon, French historian and statesman († 1904)
• 1812 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author († 1904)

• 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
• 1761 » Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
• 1763 » Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
• 1771 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
• 1779 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1789 » Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)
• 1795 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1805 » Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (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)
• May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
• August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
• August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
• 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.

The temperature on December 23, 1791 was about 2.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken regen.