About the day » Sunday February 23, 1783Calender converter

• Albert Roelofs Koster, Rogat
• Akke Agatha Simmis Simmes, Friens, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1838)
• Albert Roelofs Koster, Rogat († 1834)
• Aagje van Vliet, Stolwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1815)
• Alexander+ Savelberg+, Heerlen, LI, Netherlands
• Aartje Abrahams Overvest, Overlangbroek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1786)
• Akke (Agatha) Simmes Andringa, Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland († 1838)
• Aarianus Soek, Benthuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Miller, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland († 1843)
• Aafke Kornelius Schipper, Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland († 1845)

• adolf JANSON (31), oostvoorne
• Balthasar Hendrik van Rouvroy-St. Simon Markgraaf van Sand (61)
• Adolph Janson (32), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Backx (92), Gilze, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adolf Jansson (32), Oostvoorne
• Gummarus DE WINTER (70), Kessel, Nijlen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriana VERLINDEN (100), Herenthout
• Anna Heldens (70), Bree
• Grietje Abes Feenstra (7)
• Arnoldus MONDELAERS (88), Vorst, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgie

• 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)
• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)
• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)

• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)

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. Jean
14. Klaas
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)
• February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
• April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
• May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
• November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
• November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

The temperature on February 23, 1783 was about 10.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.