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• Andele Simons Brouwer, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleijda Maria van SOEST, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1864)
• Bernarda "Dina" (Gernarda,Gerarda) Joannis Pluijm, Diessen, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1843)
• Anna Maria Derks Geurts, Beers, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1847)
• Akke Hendriks Bontekoe, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1859)
• Catherine Rose Vanfleteren, Moorsele
• Bernardus Schapers, Delft († 1853)
• Elisabeth de Bruijn, Herpt
• Cornelia van der Heide, Amsterdam († 1867)
• Bernardus Josephus Mutsaers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)

• Anthonius Wouters Selten (40), Mill
• Cornelis Jaspersz De Raad (47), Schoonrewoerd,,Netherlands
• Cornelis Jasperse de Raad, Schoonrewoerd (ZH NL)
• Catherine PUISSANT (38), Auris, 38020, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Anna Maria Deckx (44)
• Antonius Selten (40), Mill, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina LEENKNEGT (37), Hulsterambacht, Lamsweerde
• Dirk van Alten (27), Hoek
• Antonius Theunissen Seite (40), Mill en Sint Hubert
• Adrianus Roels (51), Oudenbosch

• 1762 » Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator († 1820)
• 1767 » Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician († 1832)
• 1784 » Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria († 1849)
• 1785 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician († 1821)
• 1789 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds († 1847)
• 1795 » Frederick William IV of Prussia, Prussian king from 1840-1861 († 1861)
• 1814 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter († 1841)
• 1816 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales († 1891)
• 1818 » Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer († 1869)
• 1825 » Marie of Prussia († 1889)

• 1684 » Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626)
• 1690 » Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
• 1715 » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1788 » Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
• 1810 » Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
• 1811 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
• 1817 » Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)

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 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• 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 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 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
• November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.

The temperature on October 15, 1783 was about 12.0 °C. Weather type: zeer betrokken.