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• Aelt Bartsen van den Broek, Garderen
• Annetje Willems, Garderbroek
• Aaltjen Enzerink, Zelhem († 1876)
• Aagje Arens Abbenes, Den Hoorn (Texel), Nederland († 1863)
• Antje Eises Weima, Boornbergum, Nederland
• Anne Catherine Vankerckhove, Denderleeuw († 1812)
• Arnoldus Berndsen (Berndsen), Lengel ~ Zeddam / NL († 1847)
• Agatha van Stipriaan, Rotterdam
• Adriana Eva Johanna van ASCH van WIJCK, Utrecht
• Albert Jan Wiltink, Erve Wiltink Go. // († 1838)

• Anna Catharina Ingelborghs, Rotselaar
• Adrianus Van Den Bergh (0), Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België
• Franciscus Bergey - Bergez - Borgez - Binaet (81), Orsmael Gussenhoven
• Annegien Dorgelo (62), Zwolle
• Catharina Jacobse Roose (25)
• Dirk Hendricks Biesmeijer (68), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius van Gemert (0), Beers
• Cornelia Talboom (11), Rucphen
• Govert Govertse van Dijk (78)
• C. de Herder (23)

• 1729 » Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer († 1777)
• 1730 » Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1781)
• 1760 » William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician († 1844)
• 1762 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist († 1813)
• 1771 » Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer († 1842)
• 1791 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author († 1859)
• 1808 » Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee († 1873)
• 1832 » Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States († 1892)
• 1832 » Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter († 1884)
• 1835 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist († 1920)

• 1684 » Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
• 1693 » Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
• 1708 » John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
• 1768 » Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
• 1788 » William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
• 1837 » Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
• 1864 » Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 » Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)

• 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.
• May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
• July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
• 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.
• 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 October 1, 1783 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder.