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• Clasina van Wamel, Cabauw
• Aaltje (Jannes) Torringa, Zuurdijk (Leens) († 1857)
• Agostinha de Mello Santos, Castro, Paraná, Brasil
• Andries Willems Luihgjes, Oldebroek († 1850)
• Albert Wilting, Zweeloo,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Catherine Boehny († 1865)
• Aaltjen Stokkink, Boshuurne
• Bernardus Stortelder, Lichtenvoorde († 1855)
• Aaltjen Stokkink († 1862)
• Catharina Jans Wijnands, Noordwijk

• Jannetje Bijlevelt (54), Leiden
• Anna Catharina Leijten (38), Breda (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Francisco Thomas Broussard (1)
• Cornelis van der Kroft (38), Wassenaar
• James Nathaniel Adams, I (74), Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
• Dirck van Heemskerck van Beest (71), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Steenis (0), Oud Beijerland (NL)
• Egbert van Wegen (59), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Behle (84), Usseln (D)
• Christoffel van Koelen (0), Amersfoort

• 1710 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist († 1736)
• 1720 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer († 1774)
• 1785 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist († 1863)
• 1809 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille († 1852)
• 1813 » Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator († 1897)
• 1832 » George Tryon, English admiral († 1893)
• 1838 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer († 1883)
• 1839 » Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer († 1896)
• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)
• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)

• 1695 » François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
• 1752 » Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1704)
• 1761 » Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)
• 1782 » Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698)
• 1786 » Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)
• 1821 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (b. 1774)
• 1825 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. John
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Grietje
11. Adriana
12. Neeltje
13. Aaltje
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
• April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
• September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
• November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.

The temperature on January 4, 1783 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.