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• DirkJan van Amerom, Leiden († 1867)
• Adriana Metz, Zaltbommel
• CHRISTIAN HENDRIK PFEIFFER, DELFT († 1869)
• Anne Maria DENOOSE, Gooik,1755,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1872)
• Baukje Maria Dibbetz, Dunkerque (Duinkerken), Nord-Pas-de-Calais
• Eugenia Rosa Vanneste, Moorslede
• Christianus Vinken, Tilburg
• Amand Carel Vercruyce, Lombardsijde, Middelkerke, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1838)
• ANTONIUS BOSCH, Zeddam
• Anne Jurjens Zoethout, Woudsend, Wymbritseradeel, Fr, Nederland

• Cornelius Vlaeminck (66), Brugge
• Cornelius Vlaminck (66), Brugge (WVL)
• Everhardine Constance Christine van Liebenstein
• Franciscus Huijberts van der Ploeg (71), Voorhout
• Cornelia Bruers (31)
• Franciscus Hubertsz van der Ploeg (71), Voorhout
• Garritjen Enserink (31), Almen (Gorssel, Gelderland)
• Cornelius Vlaeminck (66), Brugge, Belgie
• Frans Huibertsz VAN DER PLOEG (71), Voorhout
• Gerrit Jansz KUIJP (2)

• 1757 » Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City († 1816)
• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 1796 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician († 1859)
• 1796 » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar († 1859)
• 1796 » William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1862)
• 1820 » John Whiteaker, American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st Governor of Oregon († 1902)
• 1820 » Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States († 1889)
• 1822 » Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec († 1915)

• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)
• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)

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 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
• January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
• 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.
• August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
• August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
• September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.

The temperature on May 4, 1791 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.