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• Aalt Harmens Eibrink, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Rongé, Reet
• Agatha Heijnen, Assendelft, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Abraham van der Harst, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) († 1871)
• Abraham van der Harst, Den Haag († 1871)
• Amelia Francisca MESTDAGH, Izegem, 36008, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1849)
• Abraham Pietersz van der Harst, Scheveningen, Nederland († 1871)
• Anna Maria Kolsters, Oost-, West-en Middelbeers, Gemeente Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1857)
• Aalt Harms Eibrink, Oldebroek, Gld. Nederland († 1876)
• Anna Maria Kolsters, Oost-West-en Middelbeers († 1840)

• Cornelia van der Roest (1), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Janna Stevens Haarbrink (65), Deventer
• Aimee Suzanne Poulain De La Barre (63), Geneva, Ge., Swtz
• Jan Priester (75), Harderwijk
• Adriana Bonte, Zaamslag
• Adriana van Erkel (0), Klaaswaal,Zuid Holland,Netherlands
• Jacobus GOMMANS (50), Helden, Limburg, Nederland
• Jan NIEUWENDORP (74), Dordrecht
• Hermannus Swerinck (74)
• Anna Maria Schulte (2)

• 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
• 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
• 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
• 1787 » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian († 1862)
• 1798 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer († 1863)
• 1801 » Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1889)
• 1804 » Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician († 1876)
• 1822 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park († 1903)
• 1834 » Charles Farrar Browne, American author († 1867)
• 1856 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1930)

• 1686 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
• 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
• 1784 » Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
• 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)

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)
• January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
• March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• 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
• November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
• November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

The temperature on April 26, 1791 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.