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March 5, 1683Born on Saturday March 6, 1683
- Caspar van Heretum, Sint-Oedenrode († 1740)
- Joannes Voets, Overpelt
- Gertrude Pieters Pastoor, Heiloo
- Claude Cesire, Montréal, Quebec, Canada († 1683)
- Jeanne de LEUZE, FERRIERES, Liège, Belgique
- Anna Nicolai De Bont, Weelde, Ravels, Antwerp, Belgium
- Arnoldus MERCKEN, Martenslinde, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België
- Cornelis Herbertsz Bosch, Utrecht
- Anna Scholten, Amsterdam
- Egidius Durinck, Sint-Gillis-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1718)
Died on Saturday March 6, 1683
- Joannes van Meersche (0), Lokeren
- Janneke Moeijelijcker (10), tholen (zeeland)
- Maria Magdalena Keller (63), Esslingen/Neckar (D)
- Lijntje Verduijn
- Nicolaus De Cuyper (72), Anderlecht
- Anton Ferdinand Johann t'Serclaes, Venetia, Veneto, Italy
- Lijntge Eeuwoutsdr Verduijn (57)
- Louisa Meier (67)
- Lijntge Woutersdr Verduijn
- Janneken Moeyelijcker (10)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 6, 1683 at Delpher
Born on March 6
- 1619 » Cyrano de Bergerac, French author and playwright († 1655)
- 1663 » Francis Atterbury, English bishop and poet († 1732)
- 1706 » George Pocock, English admiral († 1792)
- 1716 » Pehr Kalm, Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer († 1779)
- 1724 » Henry Laurens, English-American merchant and politician, 5th President of the Continental Congress († 1792)
- 1761 » Antoine-François Andréossy, French general and diplomat († 1828)
- 1779 » Antoine-Henri Jomini, Swiss-French general († 1869)
- 1780 » Lucy Barnes, American writer († 1809)
- 1785 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor († 1857)
- 1787 » Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer († 1826)
Died on March 6
- 1531 » Pedro Arias Dávila, Spanish explorer and diplomat (b. 1440)
- 1616 » Francis Beaumont, English playwright (b. 1584)
- 1754 » Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
- 1758 » Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
- 1764 » Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
- 1796 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)
- 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
- 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
- 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
- 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
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
- Mary
- Jannetje
- 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 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".
- November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.