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• ADRIANUS VAN GOMPEL, Retie
• Adam Claasz Roos, Oostzaan, Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Antonetta Janse Versluis, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1865)
• Anna Catharina KEUNEN, Mierlo, 5730, Geldrop-Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1864)
• Antonetta Janse Versluijs, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1865)
• Arnoldus ten Heggeler, Hengevelde, Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1852)
• Auke Sietses († 1837)
• Anna Cornelia Buickens, Oud-Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta Versluis, Fijnaart († 1865)
• Barbara Oris, Retie († 1852)

• Joanna Huijbrechts (2), Wortel (België)
• Caterina CASANO (81), Pantelleria,91017,Trapani,Sicile,ITALIE
• Carel Hendrik Heffer, Den Haag
• Ariaantje Noorlander (13), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel
• François Martial de Choiseul Beaupré (73)
• Jan Frans Van Geertsom (37), Beveren Waas, België
• Ingram Willis ^ Δ (52), Barham, Kent, England
• Hermannus(Hermen)gerrits Schoenmakers (53), Groesbeek
• Anna Maria (Marie) Lenssen (Linssen) (Lenskens) (50), Merselo
• Anna Maria Lensen (50), Merselo

• 1777 » John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist († 1852)
• 1778 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria († 1854)
• 1785 » John Wilson, Scottish author and critic († 1854)
• 1797 » Frederick Augustus II of Saxony († 1854)
• 1822 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist († 1896)
• 1835 » Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University († 1908)
• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)
• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)
• 1854 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator († 1924)

• 1733 » Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
• 1780 » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
• 1781 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
• 1792 » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
• 1795 » Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)
• 1799 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
• 1800 » Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
• 1807 » John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1808 » Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)
• 1844 » Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)

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 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.
• September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
• October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
• November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
• December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

The temperature on May 18, 1791 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.