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• Cornelis van der Henst, Leiden (ZH NL)
• Elisabeth Anna van Thun-Hohenstein-Tetschen, Bratislava (Pressburg), Slowakije († 1860)
• Alexander Leunissen, Voerendaal, Gemeente Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland
• Elizabeth Hebing, Anholt, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Hodselmans, Linne († 1842)
• , Aartselaar, Belgi († 1858)
• Antje van der Geer, Oegstgeest
• Bruining Steur, Volendam Nederland
• Cornelis Vliegenthart, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Etienne François COUTON, Saint-Jean-de-Monts, 85160, France († 1849)

• Caroline Bievez (42), Bruxelles,1000,Bruxelles,BE
• Berardus Verdonck (1), Sint-Gillis-Waes
• Evert Bloemenkolk, Brummen
• Cornelia Jans Dam van (64), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelheid Grönefeld, Berge (Emsbüren)
• Cornelia Johannesd van Dam (64), Numansdorp
• Anna Clara Lünnemann (76), Sögel
• Apollonia van der Horst (24)
• Elizabeth Ariese van der Quast (42), Woerden
• Cornelia Johannesdr Van DAM (65), Numansdorp

• 1738 » Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and conductor († 1793)
• 1740 » Pope Pius VII († 1823)
• 1758 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer († 1835)
• 1777 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist († 1851)
• 1814 » Charlotte Fowler Wells, American phrenologist and publisher († 1901)
• 1817 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician († 1874)
• 1840 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author († 1902)
• 1847 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1922)
• 1848 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer and author († 1915)
• 1851 » Yannoulis Chalepas, Greek sculptor († 1938)

• 1691 » Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1630)
• 1727 » William Croft, English organist and composer (b. 1678)
• 1774 » Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (b. 1716)
• 1784 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-born English painter and academic (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)

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.
• May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
• November 4 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
• November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.

The temperature on August 14, 1783 was about 15.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken.