About the day » Saturday February 12, 1791Calender converter

• Aaltje Schonenberg, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Baukjen Eintes van der Zee, Wierum, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alida Zijdemans, Overschie
• Aafke Douwes (Afke) Zijlstra, Hantumhuizen, Ternaard, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1853)
• Baukje Eintes van der Zee, Wierum († 1868)
• Fransisus Snijders, Raamsdonkveer
• Alida Seijdeman, Overschie
• Anna Maertens, Sint-Michiels ( Brugge ) († 1846)
• Anna Margaretha Ehrenfried, Ballenberg, Katholieke Kerk, Mosbach, Baden, Duitsland
• Arij WESTEIN, Maassluis († 1887)

• Adriana Verhoef (1), Amersfoort
• Anne Chapin (86), Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
• Ahasverus (= Sweerus ) Eyssink Eijssink (76), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ferdinandus Angillis (66), Lichtervelde,8810,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Abraham Elkerbout (79)
• Anna van den Heuvel (47), Berghem
• Aaltje de Groot (27), Maassluis
• Hendrik Aalte van GINKEL (85), Maarn,,UTRECHT,NETHERLANDS,Maarsbergen
• Anna Margaretha de Bruin (de Breun) (66), Schinnen
• Immetje Alberts van Baaren (65), Amsterdam

• 1775 » Louisa Adams, English-American wife of John Quincy Adams, 6th First Lady of the United States († 1852)
• 1777 » Bernard Courtois, French chemist and academic († 1838)
• 1777 » Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German author and poet († 1843)
• 1785 » Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist († 1838)
• 1787 » Norbert Provencher, Canadian bishop and missionary († 1853)
• 1788 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher († 1869)
• 1791 » Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union († 1883)
• 1794 » Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player and composer († 1867)
• 1794 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843-1844) († 1850)
• 1804 » Heinrich Lenz, German-Italian physicist and academic († 1865)

• 1713 » Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (b. 1664)
• 1728 » Agostino Steffani, Italian priest and composer (b. 1653)
• 1763 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (b. 1710)
• 1789 » Ethan Allen, American farmer, general, and politician (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist and physiologist (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)

• 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)
• March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• 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).
• May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
• August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
• September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.

The temperature on February 12, 1791 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.