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• Cornelis van der Heijden, Diessen († 1848)
• Bartha Alijda Volkamp, Weesp († 1834)
• Christina Sibilla Mackrander († 1830)
• Arij VERHOEVEN, Dordrecht
• Aaltje Cornelisse, Hoogland (UT, NLD)
• Adam WILHELMUS, Maastricht
• Bernardus Josephus Mutsaers, Tilburg († 1870)
• Aaltje Benschop, Hoenkoop († 1815)
• Alida Benschop, Oudewater,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1815)
• Akke Hendriks Bontekoe, Dokkum

• Anna Maria Deckx
• Annigje Baan (0), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Gerrits (3), Loenen
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• Anna Van Paemel (32), Hillegem-Herzele (Akte 617 pagina 126 van GAD 176)
• Adriaan Florisz van Hall (85), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina(Christintien) Roelofs, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Dillen (83), Nijlen, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Maria Deckx (44), Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgi
• Aaltje (57), Ermelo-Veldwijk

• 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)

• 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.
• April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
• 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.
• August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
• 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.