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• Adriana van de Put, Hapert († 1872)
• Auguste Julien Joseph Neve, Ath († 1854)
• Antje de Boer, Oldeholtpade, Friesland, Nederland
• Atze Eelkes Bouma († 1792)
• Annechien - Martens Kremer, Sappemeer {GR} († 1870)
• Engelke Jans Bos
• Aaltjen Heinhuis, Steenwijk († 1872)
• Aaltje Heinhuis, Steenwijk († 1872)
• Anna Elisabeth Schroders, Schimmert, Nuth († 1852)
• Atse Eelkes Bouma, Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1792)

• Honoré Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau (42), Paris
• hendrikje OOSTERMAN (49), fijnaart
• Gerrit de Groot (1), Gouderak
• Geertje Everts Koopers (Kloppers) (62), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Haak (3), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Hendriksz van Asperen (73), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Geertruij Arijsd De BAAN (2)
• Casparus Reijntjes (56), Emmerich (Deu)
• Catherine PERNEL (70), le Ménil, 88
• Cornelis Hendriksz. van Asperen (73), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1788 » Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author († 1862)
• 1788 » Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist († 1848)
• 1789 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician († 1871)
• 1792 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada († 1840)
• 1798 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic († 1874)
• 1805 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1875)
• 1814 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor († 1879)
• 1814 » Henry L. Benning, American general and judge († 1875)
• 1827 » William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter († 1910)
• 1835 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer († 1907)

• 1742 » James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 » Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 » Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 » Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
• 1845 » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)

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)
• 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 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.
• July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
• October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.

The temperature on April 2, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.