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• Anna Maria Helena Rüschen, Wesuwe, Haren († 1847)
• Antonius koense
• Anna Wilhelmina Testas, Utrecht, Niederlande († 1872)
• Adriana Cornelia Biloo, Oude Tonge († 1868)
• Antje Justus Crans, Morra, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1826)
• Antonius Johannes van Houten, Wytgaard, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1828)
• Anthonie van Brakel, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Maria Henderickx, Bouwel Grobbendonk, België († 1863)
• Anna Maria Willems, Heumen en Malden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Crans, Morra, Friesland, Nederland († 1826)

• Friedrich Sinner (1), Niederlaasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Antje Dirksdr van der Hout (70), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arent Lammers (60), Varsseveld
• Egbertus Wesselsz van der Manden, Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• hendrikje verburg, utrecht (nicolaaskerk)
• Cornelia van Rijn (34), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Adrianus van GEFFEN (77), Helmond, 3703, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth De Maeyer (76), Aartselaar, Antwerpen, Belgium
• François Louis GRONDIN (73), Challans, 85300, France
• Hinderk Grise Goeman (48), Leer

• 1756 » Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria († 1801)
• 1765 » Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin († 1825)
• 1795 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1874)
• 1807 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist († 1893)
• 1813 » August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands († 1890)
• 1815 » Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator († 1905)
• 1817 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1896)
• 1818 » Charles III, Prince of Monaco († 1889)
• 1822 » Jakov Ignjatović, Hungarian-Serbian author († 1889)
• 1832 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1910)

• 1744 » Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
• 1745 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
• 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
• 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
• 1779 » Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
• 1815 » Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)
• 1830 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)
• 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
• 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)

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. John
16. Leendert

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 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
• 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).
• June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
• August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
• November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

The temperature on December 8, 1791 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.