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• Balthasar Conrad Meyer zu Malbergen, Malbergen, Fürstbistum Osnabrück († 1783)
• Anne Folkerts Post, Donkerbroek, Friesland, Nederland († 1843)
• Auke Eelkes Kleffens, van, Raard († 1826)
• Anna Friederike Merkmann, Schöningen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1864)
• Anne Folkertsz POST, Donkerbroek, Eaststellingwerf, Fryslân, Netherlands († 1843)
• Cornelis Arens de Vries, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1846)
• Antonia de GOEIJ, Hall
• Cornelis Arens de VRIES, Haarlem (N-H) († 1846)
• Auke Eelkens van Kleffens, Raard, Friesland, Netherland († 1826)
• Afien Roelofs Bralts, Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1813)

• Adriaan Dirksz Van Der SLUIJS (83), Klundert
• Anna Maria Weckx (0), Tielt (Brabant)
• Abraham Janse ONINGS (58), Rijswijk
• Catharina Hendrickx (71), Hamme
• Adrianis MAAS (56), Cromvoirt
• Elisabeth Janssen, Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Hendrik Jansz Bicker (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Coba Willems Van Der SWAEN (31)
• Adrianus MAES (56), Cromvoirt,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Sluijs (83), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
• 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1777 » Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology († 1853)
• 1780 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator († 1867)
• 1792 » Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author († 1875)
• 1805 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author († 1872)
• 1809 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author († 1894)
• 1810 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat († 1884)
• 1811 » Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA († 1888)

• 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
• 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
• 1780 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
• 1799 » Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)

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)
• May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
• May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• August 4 » Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
• November 4 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
• 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 29, 1783 was about 19.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken donder weerlicht.