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• Adolph Gijsbertusz van Niekerk, Utrecht († 1866)
• Barbara Pevler, Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1864)
• Anna Maria van der Pot, Rotterdam († 1868)
• Adriaan Wittewrongel, Westkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barbara Colleij, Houthem, Limburg, Nederland († 1812)
• Anna Catharina VAN RIEL, Brecht,2960,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Barbara Janssens, Ettelgem
• Anna Torfs, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, Antwerpen, België
• ADRIANA WILHELMINA IJDO, ter Aar († 1877)
• Annigje van ZANTEN, Schoonrewoerd († 1820)

• Anthony van Ossewaerde (44), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• John Jr. HARRIS (75), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Filcocx, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Nanningsdr de Knegt, Zuidland (Nissewaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrina Willems Vromans (43), Heeze, NB, The Netherlands
• Johanna Arnoldus van Esch, Cromvoirt
• Adrianus Ariensz. Besemer (0), Mijnsheerenland
• Maria Backs (54), Rotterdam, ZH Netherlands
• Agnes Heuten (82), Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna, Elisabeth Bruch (79), Saarbrucken, Saarland (Dld)

• 1744 » Giulio Maria della Somaglia, Italian cardinal († 1830)
• 1763 » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician († 1845)
• 1797 » Daniel Drew, American businessman and financier († 1879)
• 1801 » George Bradshaw, English cartographer and publisher († 1853)
• 1805 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher († 1859)
• 1806 » Horace Abbott, American businessman and banker († 1887)
• 1817 » Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator († 1900)
• 1817 » Martin Körber, Baltic German pastor, composer, and conductor († 1893)
• 1841 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician († 1912)
• 1843 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic († 1901)

• 1752 » Peter Warren, Irish admiral and politician (b. 1703)
• 1781 » Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
• 1792 » René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
• 1813 » Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
• 1833 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
• 1839 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)

• 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.
• March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
• July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
• 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.
• August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.

The temperature on July 29, 1791 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.