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Born on Sunday December 12, 1683
- Annetje Cornelisdr Hooghwerf, Monster († 1749)
- Annetje Cornelisdr. Hooghwerf, Monster († 1749)
- Agnietje Oostende van, Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arij Leendertsz Sparreboom, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1737)
- Arij Leendertszoon Sparreboom († 1713)
- Annetje Hoogwerff, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1749)
- Annetje Cornelisdr Hoogwerf, Monster (ZH-NLD) († 1749)
- Christina Catharina Ehrenstein, Dierdorf Germany
- Catharine Margarethe von Halem, Oldenburg, Lamberti Kirche
- Anna Pomereur, Nederbrakel,9660,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE († 1737)
Died on Sunday December 12, 1683
- Mechtildis Schalsen (68), Klimmen, Voerendaal, Limburg, Netherlands
- Sijmen Vredericksz Hardebol (0), Beemster
- Mary Turner **** (9), New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Pieter Claesen WAGEMAEKERS (49), Wouw (N.Br. Nl)
- Annetje Berckel
- Barbara Jan Gerard van Cleijnenbreugel (40)
- Petrus Firens (4), Leest
- Eijtien Bronckorst (40), Amsterdam
- Annetje Michiels BERKEL (38)
- Peter Fierens (4), Leest, Antwerpen, Belgium
Born on December 12
- 1586 » Stephen Báthory, Polish king (b. 1533)
- 1685 » John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (b. 1610)
- 1685 » Lodovico Giustini, Italian pianist and composer († 1743)
- 1724 » Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician († 1816)
- 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
- 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
- 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
- 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
- 1786 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State († 1857)
- 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
Died on December 12
- 1572 » Loredana Marcello, Dogaressa of Venice, botanist, author
- 1574 » Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)
- 1586 » Stephen Báthory, Polish king (b. 1533)
- 1685 » John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (b. 1610)
- 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
- 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
- 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
- 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
- 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
- 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
Names that were popular for boys in 1683
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jean
- Willem
- John
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Thomas
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1683
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Johanna
- Jannetje
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Adriana
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.
- 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 3 » Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
- November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.