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• Apolonia Noordermeer, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1870)
• Cornelius Verstappen, Aarle-Rixtel († 1869)
• Bayly Keys, Maytown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1868)
• Anna Catharina Wouters, Balen, België († 1864)
• Anna_Lucia~Harmens van den Berg, De Lemmer
• Antje Dirks Broer, Scharwoude
• Cornelius CELIS, Edegem († 1852)
• Aaltje Jans van der Veer, Hoevelaken
• Balthasar CRAAMER, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1842)
• Annetje de Vries, Ermelo († 1791)

• Joanna Aert Hoendervangers (35), Wouw
• Hendrik Jacobs Spruijt (45), Demmerik
• Hanns Valteln Hoffmann (72)
• Jan Leenderz johan van der Voort (63), Sassenheim
• Gerardus Soest, van (0), Broekhuizen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alegonda Willem Schellekens (22)
• Hendrik Spruijt (45), Demmerik
• Hendrik Jacobz Spruijt (45), Demmerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Emerentiana Duijvenvoorde, Voorhout
• Jan Roelofs Wolf (2)

• 1767 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1851)
• 1774 » Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician († 1853)
• 1777 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman († 1855)
• 1803 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic († 1873)
• 1804 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada († 1858)
• 1806 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician († 1881)
• 1812 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator († 1888)
• 1814 » Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer († 1889)
• 1820 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician († 1910)
• 1825 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and explorer († 1878)

• 1748 » Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
• 1759 » Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
• 1784 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
• 1792 » Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
• 1801 » Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)

• 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 10 » The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
• 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 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
• August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
• 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.

The temperature on May 12, 1791 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.