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• Bastiaan Hooghwerff, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Arnoldus_Judocus SANDERS, Mierlo
• Anna Elisabeth Lemmens, Rillaar, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1832)
• Bastiaan Hoogwerf, Strijen († 1865)
• Catharina Cornelia de Ruyter, Sint Philipsland († 1783)
• Anne Catherine Wiaime, Onderval, Waimes/Weismes, 4950, Liège, Belgique
• Cornelis Cornelsz Westgeest, Oegstgeest († 1856)
• Cornelis Cornelisz Westgeest, oegstgeest († 1856)
• Bastiaan Hooghwerff (Hoogwerf), Strijen, Nederland († 1865)
• Carel Jansz Brussel, Zaandam

• "Deenis Aalbers" Denus Dionisius Aegidius Alberti Denus, Sint-Oedenrode
• Catherine POUX (52), Thuré, 86540, France
• Jan Cornelis Van Warmerdam (60), Spaarnwoude
• Christopher Houston (68), Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Hester Aggelen van (78), Amaterdam St.Anthoniuskerkhof
• Dimphna Valders, Roosendaal
• Constantinus Vercauteren (0), Bazel
• Cornelis Lubbe, Voorhout
• Berendje(n) Weenings (Weenink) (53), Zelhem
• Ebenezer Webster (71), Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts

• 1718 » Esek Hopkins, American commander († 1802)
• 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
• 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
• 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
• 1787 » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian († 1862)
• 1798 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer († 1863)
• 1801 » Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1889)
• 1804 » Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician († 1876)
• 1822 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park († 1903)
• 1834 » Charles Farrar Browne, American author († 1867)

• 1686 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
• 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
• 1784 » Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
• 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. John
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Grietje
11. Adriana
12. Neeltje
13. Aaltje
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• 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)
• February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
• November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
• November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.

The temperature on April 26, 1783 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.