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• Barend Aards Schut, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Eleonora Elsen, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthony Bernard Dit Lafontaine, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States († 1870)
• Barend Schut, Apeldoorn († 1836)
• Barend Aartsz Schut, Apeldoorn (Gelderland) († 1836)
• adrianus Mathijssen, Princenhage († 1818)
• Anna van Montfort, Montfort († 1831)
• Bernard Hennache, Douvrin, 62138, Pas de Calais, France († 1784)
• Griffioen, Breukelen († 1783)
• Anna Elisabeth Salden, Obbicht en Papenhoven, Oostenrijks Opper-Gelre († 1859)

• Catherine Powell
• Georgius Hoffhaus Hoffhaus (92), Emlichheim, Duitsland
• Adrianus van der Burg (0), Wassenaar
• Jakob Schäfer (0), Reddighausen, Kreis Frankenberg
• Henricus Joannes PIERLOZ (31), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• James Chase (53), Little Compton, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Trommelen (40), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hendrik Sint Anneland van (2), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Francijntje Tom (65), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Jan OTTES SCHILSTRA (40)

• 1749 » Thomas Lynch Jr., American commander and politician († 1779)
• 1797 » Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer († 1879)
• 1802 » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist († 1829)
• 1811 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer († 1896)
• 1813 » Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist († 1896)
• 1815 » Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica († 1901)
• 1827 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil († 1892)
• 1828 » Louise of the Netherlands († 1871)
• 1833 » Carola of Vasa († 1907)
• 1843 » James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer († 1927)

• 1729 » Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)
• 1743 » John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)
• 1778 » Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)
• 1778 » Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756)
• 1792 » Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)

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)
• February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
• April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
• November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.

The temperature on August 5, 1783 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.