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• Barta Peeter Greetjen Jans Worst, Meppel
• Aalbert Jansen, Hoevelaken
• Albert Frerichs Lienemann, Schirum, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1830)
• Catharina Barendse, Monster (Z-H), Nederland († 1783)
• , Heerde, Nederland († 1837)
• Adriaan Dik, Hooge Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catrina Vonk († 1802)
• Benjamin Viets, Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1832)
• Barbara Maria Josephia DELHAIJE, Anderlecht (Bruxelles-Capitale), Brussels Capital Region, België
• Benedictus Obbes van der Schuit, Woudsend, Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands

• Antonius Wintjes (0), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Schoenmakers (1), Almkerk
• Dirk Jacobsz Overweel (46), Heenvliet
• Christiane Friederike Marschall von Bieberstein (32), Dresden, Allemagne
• Cornelis Zeeuw (19), Den Helder
• Dirk Jacobsz Overweel (46), heenvliet (zuid holland)
• Anna Elisabeth Van Dyck, Noorderwijk
• Anna Elisabeth Van Dijck (35), Noorderwijk, Antwerpen, BelgiÁe
• Alegonda Willems de Bruijn (62), Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Agnes Nillessen (0), Oeffelt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1744 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg († 1819)
• 1746 » William Billings, American composer and educator († 1800)
• 1748 » Charles XIII of Sweden († 1818)
• 1769 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit († 1846)
• 1786 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1871)
• 1798 » Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman († 1875)
• 1819 » Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot († 1905)
• 1821 » Richard H. Anderson, American general († 1879)
• 1832 » Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer († 1918)
• 1835 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and educator († 1913)

• 1708 » Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
• 1772 » John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
• 1787 » Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
• 1792 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1793 » Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
• 1796 » Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
• 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)

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. Jean
14. Klaas
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)
• April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
• August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
• September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
• November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
• December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.

The temperature on October 7, 1783 was about 12.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken.