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• Antonius Goosens, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1847)
• Aria Geurts Moesbergen, Barneveld
• Antje Jans Liefting († 1853)
• Derk Redmers Perdok, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Clement HENRIST, Ronse,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1860)
• Anthonia Gerrits Wools, Duistervoorde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Daniel de Blocq van Haersma de With, Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1857)
• "Hippolyte" Guillaume de Bar de Comogne, Namur († 1859)
• Anthonia Koutstaal († 1869)
• Carolina Francisca Rosa Vandenbroucke, Staden († 1833)

• Andries Korneliszn REMMERSWAAL
• Antoin Lievin Cauë (66), Calais (F)
• Jacob de Wit (26), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Dijkstra (3), Marum, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Heiltjen Jans, Groningen
• Andries Corsz. Remmerswaal (76), ,, Wassenaar, Nederland
• Andries Corsz. (Arie) Remmerswaal (76), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Andries Remmerswaal (76), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• AMELBERGA VAN HIMSTE, STEKENE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Georg Schneider (0), Wunderthausen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)
• 1794 » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author († 1860)
• 1818 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician († 1899)
• 1821 » Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist († 1897)
• 1835 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland († 1900)
• 1836 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet († 1923)
• 1836 » Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian-American chess player († 1900)

• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1754)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)
• 1839 » Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757)

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 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).
• June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
• July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
• August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
• September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

The temperature on May 17, 1791 was about 13.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.