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• Aaltjen Jans van Laar, Vaassen, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1856)
• Adrianus Zegersz. Nouwen, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht († 1854)
• Anna Christina Elisabeth Cremerius
• Antje van Duuren, Alkemade († 1852)
• Adriana van den Heuvel, 's-Heerenhoek
• Aaltjen Jans van Laar, Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria AARINK, Groenlo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1859)
• Anthonij Pieterse Verjaal, Dreischor († 1852)
• Ambroise Cacheleux Nicolas, Hautot-Saint-Sulpice, 76348, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France († 1857)
• Agnis van ELK, Leeuwen (tot 1818) Wamel (tot 1985) West Maas en Waal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1838)

• Albertus Harms Camerlingh (55), Groningen
• Dirk Hubert Koopman (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Wuijster (52), de Greup, NL
• Govert Martens, Oss
• Benjamin Downs (69), Queen Annes Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
• Friedrich Ernst von der Trenck (41), Kapstücken, Labiau, Ostpreussen
• Jacques HUSSON (55), Givry-lès-Loisy, 51130, France
• Jacobus Voet (72), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barthélemy Dieudonné NOLS (2), HENRI-CHAPELLE, Liège, Belgique
• Jan Quak (70), Huisduinen

• 1749 » William Blount, American politician († 1800)
• 1753 » Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1814)
• 1773 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator († 1838)
• 1794 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter († 1872)
• 1804 » David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic († 1891)
• 1824 » Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist († 1874)
• 1829 » Théodore Aubanel, French poet († 1886)
• 1842 » Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist († 1909)
• 1850 » Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary († 1898)
• 1852 » Élémir Bourges, French author († 1925)

• 1726 » John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
• 1772 » Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
• 1776 » Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)
• 1780 » Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
• 1793 » John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
• 1797 » James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
• 1814 » Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
• 1827 » Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)

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)
• January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
• February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
• May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
• June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.

The temperature on March 26, 1783 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.