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• Franciscus van den Aker, Gemonde, Nederland
• Catrena Van Steenbergh, Rhinebeck Flats,Dutchess,New York
• Elbert Verhaaf, Ellecom († 1783)
• Cornelis Ritmeester, Hardinxveld-Giessendam († 1833)
• Catherine Rose Blondeau, Bousbecque, 59 (F) († 1858)
• Christoffel Johannes Smits, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1857)
• Catharina Francisca Wittebroodt, Bredene († 1827)
• Cornelis van Amerongen, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1785)
• Franciscus van den Aeker, Gemonde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christoffel Johannes Smits, Vlissingen († 1857)

• Anna Wilhelmina Holtzen (30), Amsterdam
• Catharina Jansdr KNOOP (65), Gorinchem
• Alfred Hanover (2), Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
• Bastiaan Leendertze Opmeer (34), Ridderkerk
• Sjoerd Teijes (66), beetsterzwaag
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Gerlings (36), Hille (Pruissen)
• Adriana Cornelisse Blaak (42), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abigail Macy (0), Guilford Co., NC
• Balthazar Vermeulen, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carthrine Maria Dorothea Rathge (43), Suttorf, D

• 1719 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator († 1783)
• 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
• 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
• 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
• 1789 » Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia († 1833)
• 1799 » James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar († 1840)
• 1833 » Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States († 1901)
• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)
• 1847 » Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer († 1889)
• 1847 » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author († 1912)

• 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
• 1707 » Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
• 1773 » Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
• 1785 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
• 1854 » Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)

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)
• 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 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.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
• November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
• December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.

The temperature on August 20, 1783 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder.