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• Anne Gertrude aan de Bruck, Arcen († 1856)
• Angenietje Harmens, Bakkeveen
• Aaltje Wiebes Keijser, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aris (Jansen) Bloemendaal, Barneveld († 1871)
• Anna Jacoba van Dijk, Kethel († 1856)
• Aaltje Keizer, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Paalvast, Maasland, Nederland († 1849)
• Anna Magdalena Burgsmüller, Mülheim/Ruhr-Holthausen († 1832)
• Aris Jansen (Van) Bloemendaal, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1871)
• Apolonia van der Tak, Capelle aan den IJssel († 1840)

• Jantje Simons Duinker (24)
• Aagje Klomp (0), Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Dircksen (54), Ermelo
• jenneke mozesse LAGROUW (70), almkerk(NB)
• Joanna Adriana Allegonda Susanna van Hövell tot Westerflier (0), Deventer
• Grietje Broeder (0), Nieuwkoop en Noorden
• Clasina Klaasse van Dijk (5), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Athanasia Vanmoortel (32), Bekegem, Ichtegem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Celestinus PITTELLION, Oostduinkerke,8670,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Andrew W. Brown (76), Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

• 1768 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1835)
• 1775 » Louisa Adams, English-American wife of John Quincy Adams, 6th First Lady of the United States († 1852)
• 1777 » Bernard Courtois, French chemist and academic († 1838)
• 1777 » Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German author and poet († 1843)
• 1785 » Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist († 1838)
• 1787 » Norbert Provencher, Canadian bishop and missionary († 1853)
• 1788 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher († 1869)
• 1791 » Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union († 1883)
• 1794 » Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player and composer († 1867)
• 1794 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843-1844) († 1850)

• 1713 » Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (b. 1664)
• 1728 » Agostino Steffani, Italian priest and composer (b. 1653)
• 1763 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (b. 1710)
• 1789 » Ethan Allen, American farmer, general, and politician (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist and physiologist (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)

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)
• February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
• March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
• April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
• 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 4 » Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
• November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

The temperature on February 12, 1783 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.