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Born on Thursday October 7, 1683
- Godefrida Stevens Deckers, Heusden (Vlijmen) (Noord-Brabant)
- Aeltje PAKKEBIER, Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
- Evert Jansz, Westzaan
- Guilielmus Bolsens, Haasdonk,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1757)
- Anne Elisabeth le TAHAN, SART-les-SPA, Liège, Belgique
- Anna Maria Brasse, Lavelsloh, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1748)
- Aelbert, Delden
- Adriana van der Walle, Axel († 1731)
- Harmina (Harmken) Lettinck, Ambt-Doetinchem († 1740)
- Carolus Moonens, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw († 1761)
Died on Thursday October 7, 1683
- Metje Hendricksdr Schuylenburg (34)
- Engele Revoord, Geesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
- William Claiborne (47), King William, Virginia, British Colonial America
- Jean DEBLICQUY, Ellezelles,Hainaut,BELGIQUE
- Anna Elisabeth Milchling von Schönstadt (43)
- Anne Udding (0), Eext
- Lt. Col. Thomas Claiborne (36), New Kent County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Metje Hendricksdr Schuylenburg (34)
- Marie LOIRE (32), Les Touches, 44205, Loire Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
- Thomas Claiborne (36), King William County, Virginia Colony (Died from an arrow wound received while fighting.)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 7, 1683 at Delpher
Born on October 7
- 1589 » Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria († 1631)
- 1591 » Pierre Le Muet, French architect († 1669)
- 1597 » Captain John Underhill, English settler and soldier († 1672)
- 1635 » Roger de Piles, French painter († 1709)
- 1713 » Granville Elliott, English general († 1759)
- 1728 » Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware († 1784)
- 1744 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg († 1819)
- 1746 » William Billings, American composer and educator († 1800)
- 1748 » Charles XIII of Sweden († 1818)
- 1769 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit († 1846)
Died on October 7
- 1577 » George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535)
- 1612 » Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1538)
- 1620 » Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547)
- 1637 » Victor Amadeus I, duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
- 1651 » Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (b. 1559)
- 1653 » Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
- 1708 » Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
- 1772 » John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
- 1787 » Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
- 1792 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
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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.
- 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 17 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules".
- October 3 » Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
- October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
- November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.