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• Anna-Maria SIMONS
• Adriana Verschuil, Maurik († 1852)
• Adriana Antonia Hafkamp, Epe-Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Wiggelo, Randwijk († 1850)
• Adrianus BAAR van den, Aalst, 3263, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1861)
• Arent Jan Graven, Aalten
• Adrianus Rombouts, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1861)
• Anna Cornelia Remeysen, Baarle-Hertog (B)
• Anna Deckx, Dessel († 1850)
• Arien Wiggelo, Randwijk

• Anna Gertrud Frangenberg (41), Steinscheid
• Jean Francois DELBECQUE, Houthem,7781,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique
• Jan Jans Reitsma (4), Rottevalle
• Grietje Zacharias Tuijnman (68), Oosterland, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Gertrude Frangenberg (41), Steinscheid
• Adelijtje Cornelisdr van Rhijn (21), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrijt KLASENS (0), Easterlittens, Baarderadiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Adelijtje Cornelisdr van Rijn (21), Katwijk
• Aaltje Pieters Pronk, Petten, Nederland
• Gerarda van Zijl (0), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
• 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
• 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
• 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
• 1803 » Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author († 1811)
• 1809 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician († 1865)
• 1812 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar († 1885)
• 1815 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ († 1905)
• 1834 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician († 1911)
• 1841 » Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada († 1908)

• 1683 » Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
• 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)

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 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.
• June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• November 4 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
• December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.

The temperature on January 15, 1783 was about 6.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.