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April 7, 1683Born on Thursday April 8, 1683
- Cornelis Pietersz N.n., Heemskerk
- Anne Sybrens Osinga, Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Netherlands
- Jabez MACY, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States († 1776)
- Abigail FILER, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1754)
- Israel Henricks, Oude Pekela
- Jan van der SCHEURE, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Annetje Pieters KOrpershoeK, Schipluiden
- Anna Elisabeth Hoskers
- Isaac Lane, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States († 1748)
- Heijltje van Hoekke, Brouwershaven († 1686)
Died on Thursday April 8, 1683
- Maria Adriaen Adriaen Broeders (88), Dongen, Dongen, North Brabant, Netherlands (Nederland)
- Hubertus Buyens (55), Zoersel
- James AITKEN (55), Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
- Ma(r)ijke Adriaen Broeders (88)
- Martinus Van Blijenbergh (66), Doel
- Lorenzo 1 Alvares Tostado (68), Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico
- Jouffr. Catharina Lambrechts (43), Tielen
- Peter van Ockhuysen (33)
- Catharina Lambrechts (43)
- Maria Adriaan BROEDERS (83)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 8, 1683 at Delpher
Born on April 8
- 1580 » William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, English noble, courtier and patron of the arts († 1630)
- 1596 » Juan van der Hamen, Spanish artist († 1631)
- 1605 » Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess († 1607)
- 1605 » Philip IV of Spain († 1665)
- 1641 » Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department († 1704)
- 1692 » Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer († 1770)
- 1726 » Lewis Morris, American judge and politician († 1798)
- 1732 » David Rittenhouse, American astronomer and mathematician († 1796)
- 1761 » William Joseph Chaminade, French priest, founded the Society of Mary († 1850)
- 1770 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian banker and politician († 1830)
Died on April 8
- 1586 » Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran theologian and reformer (b. 1522)
- 1608 » Magdalen Dacre, English noble (b. 1538)
- 1612 » Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (b. 1575)
- 1691 » Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect, designed the Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto (b. 1611)
- 1697 » Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (b. 1629)
- 1704 » Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1641)
- 1704 » Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (b. 1624)
- 1709 » Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen, German nobleman (b. 1641)
- 1725 » John Wise, American minister (b. 1652)
- 1735 » Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
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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 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.
- 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.