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Born on Saturday January 16, 1683
- Casper Philips van Bornstedt († 1764)
- Joseph Jacques VANDEVELDE, Adinkerke,8660,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1747)
- Joanna Pijnenburg, Drunen
- Andries Boots, Rupelmonde, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Hester Jacoba van Egmond van de Nijenburch († 1710)
- Johannes Bourmagnee, Loon op Zand
- Erasmus Vidts, Hillegem-Herzele (Akte 45 pagina 24 van GAD 170) († 1734)
- John Williams, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America († 1742)
- Catharina Joos, Veerle, Laakdal, Antwerpen, België († 1760)
- JAN-BAPTIST VAN DE VELDE, BAZEL,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1738)
Died on Saturday January 16, 1683
- John OTIS (62), Scituate, Plymouth Countcy, Massachusettes, Verenigde Staten
- Emilia Amelia Balfour … of Pitcullo, Lady, Countess Moray (48), Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Bertrand Chainé (60), Québec, Québec, Canada
- Bertrand Chenet Lagarenne (62), Québec, P.Q
- Anna Luchsinger (66), Schwanden, Glarus, Zwitserland
- Bertrand Chenay (62), Qu Ebec, Pq, Canada
- Huijbertje Davids Lelijveld
- Jonathan Knight (41), Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Emilia Balfour (48)
- Jantje Poelmans (74), Eexterveen, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 16, 1683 at Delpher
Born on January 16
- 1616 » François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort († 1669)
- 1626 » Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian painter and educator († 1699)
- 1630 » Guru Har Rai, Sikh Guru († 1661)
- 1634 » Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet († 1716)
- 1675 » Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French soldier and diplomat († 1755)
- 1691 » Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator († 1781)
- 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
- 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
- 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
- 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
Died on January 16
- 1585 » Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral and politician (b. 1512)
- 1595 » Murad III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1546)
- 1659 » Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
- 1710 » Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
- 1711 » Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
- 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
- 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
- 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
- 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
- 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1683
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- May 24 » The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
- June 23 » William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
- July 16 » Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
- September 12 » Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
- September 17 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules".
- October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.