About the day » Thursday May 1, 1783Calender converter

• Andries Goykes Sjoerdsma, Holwerd, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1810)
• Aart Arnoldus Van Geffen, Oss, Nederland († 1854)
• Anna de Ridder, Leiden († 1849)
• Anna Stolk, Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1845)
• Anna Stolk, Zouteveen († 1845)
• Aeijda Soethout (Suethout), Loon op Zand
• Anna Chaterina Mertens, Vosselaar
• Anna Catharina Verstraeten, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver († 1832)
• Anna Cornelisdr. Stolk, Zouteveen († 1845)
• Adrianus Henricus Spooren, Bergeyk († 1859)

• (70), Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Berend Teunisz ten Cate (86), Sneek, Nederland
• Anna Wouter Hermans (40), Lage Mierde
• Berend Teunis Ten Cate (86), Sneek
• Albertien Egberts, Gasselternijeveen
• Aagje Corstiaans de Regt (36), Spijkenisse
• Dirkje Rijke (0), Vlaardingen
• Hermina Agnes van Bergen (0), Gennep RK st Martinus
• Hartman Sjoerds (2), Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Everardus Cox (0), Sevenum, Horst, Limburg, Niederlande

• 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
• 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
• 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
• 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
• 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
• 1821 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia († 1897)
• 1824 » Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic († 1904)
• 1825 » George Inness, American painter and educator († 1894)
• 1825 » Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1898)
• 1827 » Jules Breton, French painter († 1906)

• 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
• 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
• 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
• 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)

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 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• 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.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.

The temperature on May 1, 1783 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.