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May 20, 1683Born on Friday May 21, 1683
- Barbara De Laet, Kapelle op den Bos
- Anna Mousset, Eijsden
- Leug Alberts, Slochteren († 1744)
- Adrianus D'Hooghe, Vrasene (B)
- Maria Isabelle Anthonia de Ridder van Groenestein Vrouwe van Rijnestein, Huize Rhijnestein, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1750)
- Cornelis Fransse Doelman, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1755)
- Jean Pierre Renier, Liernu,5310,Namur,BE († 1746)
- Lough Alberts, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
- Cornelis Franszn Doeleman, Maasland, Holland († 1755)
- Petrus Vermere, Lochristi (België)
Died on Friday May 21, 1683
- Trijntge Claes van Rhijn
- Teuntge Cornelis
- Maria (Maricke) Isacksdr van Pelt (33), Amsterdam
- Henricus (Hendrick) Cupers, Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Trijntge Cornelis
- Claes Cornelisz
- Joannes Vastenhant (13), Nieuwkerken-Waas
- Jannitge Claes van Rhijn
- Neeltge Jacobs van Vliet
- Ariaantje Ariens
Born on May 21
- 1653 » Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland († 1697)
- 1688 » Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator († 1744)
- 1755 » Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge († 1810)
- 1756 » William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist († 1833)
- 1763 » Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician († 1820)
- 1775 » Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician († 1840)
- 1780 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker († 1845)
- 1790 » William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household († 1858)
- 1792 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer († 1843)
- 1799 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist († 1847)
Died on May 21
- 1639 » Tommaso Campanella, Italian astrologer, theologian, and poet (b. 1568)
- 1647 » Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1581)
- 1650 » James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (b. 1612)
- 1664 » Elizabeth Poole, English settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)
- 1670 » Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (b. 1586)
- 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (b. 1602)
- 1690 » John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (b. 1604)
- 1719 » Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
- 1724 » Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
- 1742 » Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
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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)
- 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".
- 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.