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December 27, 1683 
December 25, 1683
Born on Sunday December 26, 1683
- Abram van Dorp, 's-Gravenzande, Holanda († 1754)
- Derc Berents, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- Cornelis Langeveld, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Abram van DORP, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1754)
- "Arien" Handricksz Aldens, Haaften
- Christianus Kenis, Geel, Antwerpen, Belgie
- Dirck, Berkel
- Adriaan van der Kest, Delft
- Andries Boer, Waarder
- Abraham Arnolduszn van Dorp, 's-Gravenzande († 1754)
Died on Sunday December 26, 1683
- Goijaert Thomas van Dijck (69), Tilburg
- Frix REIJNDERS (1), Godlinze, Bierum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
- Eelck DOUWES (68), Ternaard, West-Dongeradiel, Dongeradiel, Friesland, Nederland
- Goart Goijert Thomas van DIJCK, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Leendert Besemer (2), Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Dirk Leendertsz. Noordermeer (0)
- Jacobus CORNUAEL (60), Velzeke-Ruddershove, Zottegem, Province of East Flanders, Belgium
- Goijaert Thomas van DIJCK (69), Tilburg
- Eelck Douwes, Ternaard
- Thomas Attwood (43), Windsor, Hartford Co., CT
Born on December 26
- 1618 » Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist († 1680)
- 1628 » John Page, American politician († 1692)
- 1646 » Robert Bolling, English-American merchant and planter († 1709)
- 1687 » Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer († 1755)
- 1716 » Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher († 1803)
- 1716 » Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar († 1771)
- 1723 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright († 1807)
- 1737 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1815)
- 1751 » Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint († 1820)
- 1751 » Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician († 1793)
Died on December 26
- 1530 » Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)
- 1574 » Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (b. 1524)
- 1646 » Henri de Bourbon, prince of Condé (b. 1588)
- 1731 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
- 1771 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
- 1780 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
- 1784 » Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
- 1786 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
- 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
- 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
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.
- 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 11 » Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
- 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.
- November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.