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Birthday March 30, 1783

• The temperature on March 30, 1783 was about 3.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
• 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)
• In the year 1783: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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.
  • June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
  • 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 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1746 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor († 1828)
• 1750 » John Stafford Smith, English organist and composer († 1836)
• 1793 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Buenos Aires Province († 1877)
• 1805 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, German-Swedish linguist and botanist († 1887)
• 1811 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic († 1899)
• 1820 » Anna Sewell, English author († 1878)