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• Anna Daniels, Bree († 1828)
• Atje Sikkes Sikkema, Oenkerk († 1829)
• Anna Mechtild Klein Hitpas, Dingden
• Annigje GOUD, 's-Gravendeel
• Annigje Goud, 's-gravendeel (zuid holland) († 1855)
• Anna Mertens, Herenthout († 1870)
• Attje, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Vaupel († 1792)
• Aaltjen Jans, Nieuw-Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Marcelis van Graafeiland, Zierikzee († 1847)

• andré LIENARD (50), Frameries (Belgium) Hainaut
• Gerritje Jans Hoeven, Epe
• "Ludwig" Gerhard Hartwig von Blücher (52)
• Antje Jacobdr Witveldt (53), Harenkarspel,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Elisabeth Kemper (70), Altastenberg, Kreis Brilon
• Arij Schrijvers, Delft
• Adrianus Van Opdorp (0), Stabroek
• Gertrudis Oosterman (3), Veendam
• Eva Simon van BROECKHOVEN (69), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gergjen Jans Hoegen (31), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1774 » Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer († 1842)
• 1779 » Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician and statistician († 1865)
• 1785 » Carlo Odescalchi, Italian cardinal († 1841)
• 1794 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer († 1872)
• 1794 » Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist († 1870)
• 1800 » Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher († 1875)
• 1814 » Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian and academic († 1889)
• 1815 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago († 1888)
• 1817 » Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist, academic, and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs († 1894)
• 1830 » Étienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and chronophotographer († 1904)

• 1695 » Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)
• 1726 » Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)
• 1770 » Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)
• 1778 » Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)
• 1815 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
• 1827 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
• 1827 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1829 » John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)
• 1849 » David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
• 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)

• 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.
• May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
• September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
• September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
• September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly

The temperature on March 5, 1791 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.