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• Aaltje van Buuren, 's-Graveland, S-Graveland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Jansd. van Dorp, De Lier († 1842)
• Adrianus van Wijk, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Endhoven, Bruinisse († 1827)
• Aaltje Jansdr van Dorp, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1842)
• Abel Jans Belius, Leens († 1845)
• Aaltje Verwoert, Opheusden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Siers, Hoogkerk († 1834)
• Aetje Christiaans Ros, Terbandsterschans, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart van Ginkel, Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland († 1856)

• Jean Philippe DUPONT (31), Wasmes,7340,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Elisabeth Drabbe (34)
• Heinrich Herman OVERMÖHLE (71), Ankum,Germany
• Barbara BOCHLER (0), Froeningen, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• jacomina cox (64), horst
• Esther Dearborn (88)
• Cornelis Colijn (0), Noordwijk
• Gertrudis Smets Smeets (53), Beesel, Limburg, Nederland
• Geesje Jacobs Goos (40), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Bouwes Schiere (72), Harlingen, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1777 » John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist († 1852)
• 1778 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria († 1854)
• 1785 » John Wilson, Scottish author and critic († 1854)
• 1797 » Frederick Augustus II of Saxony († 1854)
• 1822 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist († 1896)
• 1835 » Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University († 1908)
• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)
• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)
• 1854 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator († 1924)

• 1733 » Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
• 1780 » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
• 1781 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
• 1792 » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
• 1795 » Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)
• 1799 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
• 1800 » Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
• 1807 » John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1808 » Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)
• 1844 » Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)

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 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
• July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
• 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 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
• December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.

The temperature on May 18, 1783 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: betrokken.