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• Anna Nargaretha Schulte, Aschendorf, Emsland
• Amelia Scholastica Dewilde, Langemark († 1856)
• Basiel (Basilius) Vandoorne, Rumbeke († 1860)
• Anna Catharina de Rooij, Boschkapelle, Nederland († 1868)
• Antonio Pereira? Medeiros, Enseada de Brito,SC,Brasil
• Barbera Hoogerbrugge, Noord Waddinxveen
• Aartje Bindervoet, Waarder, Nederland
• Catharina de Bruijn, Zierikzee († 1832)
• Aartje Bindervoet, Zuid-Polsbroek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1869)
• Catherine Francoise De Pagter, Brugge

• Guurtje Cornelisd Noorden (46), Petten
• Catharina Campfens (37), Steenbergen
• Annetje Bosman (64), Vreeland
• Guilielmus Bernaerts (70), Duffel
• Godfried Lenders (69), Kleine-Brogel (B)
• Guurtje Cornelis Noorden (46), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Hoogh (71), Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Helvoort (51), Baardwijk
• Guurtje Cornelisdr Noorden (46), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirkje van den Berg (0), Overschie

• 1754 » Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer († 1806)
• 1772 » Novalis, German author and poet († 1801)
• 1773 » Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet († 1845)
• 1797 » Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist († 1864)
• 1802 » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist († 1870)
• 1806 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint († 1876)
• 1810 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor († 1874)
• 1813 » Caroline Leigh Gascoigne, English novelist and poet († 1883)
• 1815 » William Buell Richards, Canadian lawyer and judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada († 1889)
• 1822 » Jane Miller Thengberg, Scottish-Swedish governess and educator († 1902)

• 1711 » Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
• 1799 » Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740)
• 1802 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
• 1810 » Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740)
• 1819 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
• September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
• September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.

The temperature on May 2, 1791 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.