About the day » Monday January 20, 1783Calender converter

• Anna Maria Van Ham, Scherpenheuvel († 1854)
• Adranus Janssens, Herentals († 1812)
• Anna Maria Roset, Etten
• "Mr". Hendrik van der Wijck, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1854)
• Anne Marie Joseph Franck, Bilstain (B) († 1818)
• Avis Sheldon, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten († 1865)
• Anna Catharina Romoser († 1831)
• Anna Maria Roels, Jabbeke
• Adrianus Sneep, Mijnsheerenland († 1860)
• Barbara Eugenia GODRON, Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1847)

• Antje Jacobs Schoonhoven (48), Zoeterwoude
• Engel Jans, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Joosten (63), Echt, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adriana Pieternella van Oeveren (51), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Geertje Sijmons' Botter (33), Oosterland, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Holtschneider
• Guillaume QUEMENEUR (61), Lambezellec, 29096, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Antje Schoonhoven (47), Zoeterwoude
• Derske Weenink (30), Doetinchem
• François GIRARD (68), Thouarcé, 49380, Maine-et-Loire, Pays-de-la-Loire, FRANCE

• 1741 » Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Swedish botanist and author († 1783)
• 1755 » Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral († 1824)
• 1762 » Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian-French composer and theorist († 1842)
• 1775 » André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician († 1836)
• 1781 » Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician († 1848)
• 1783 » Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer († 1860)
• 1799 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas († 1858)
• 1804 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician († 1857)
• 1812 » Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer († 1896)
• 1814 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso († 1868)

• 1751 » John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
• 1770 » Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
• 1779 » David Garrick, English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)
• 1810 » Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
• 1819 » Charles IV, Spanish king (b. 1748)
• 1837 » John Soane, English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780)
• 1841 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
• 1848 » Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786)
• 1850 » Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)

• 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.
• March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
• October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
• December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.

The temperature on January 20, 1783 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken.