About the day » Monday October 20, 1783Calender converter

• Albert Harms Veldt en of Moes, Smilde, Nederland († 1824)
• Anna Theresia Debrauwer, Roeselare
• Benjamin Tyler, Fayette, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1870)
• Albertus Josephus CASTELEIN, Beselare
• Albertus Steenbrecker, Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Töller, Ratingen, Stadt, Rheinland, Deutschland
• († 1847)
• Berendina Kamphuis, Den Ham († 1855)
• Bastiaan Hendriks HOEKSTRA, Hallum
• Antje, Terbandsterschans, Friesland, Nederland

• Hendrikje Frederiks Zwinstra Swemstra, ,,, Hazerswoude
• Arnolda Hendrika Broekmans (29), Bredevoort, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elisabetha Peeters (34), Werchter
• Ariaantje Ariens Verbie (78), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel
• Harmen van de Meen (3), Ermelo-Telgt
• Hendricus (Henrik) Meijer (60), Nijmegen
• Barbara Van Clooster, Lichtervelde,8810,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Cornelis Willemsz Boon (73), Wormerveer
• Adriana den OUDEN, Heukelum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dominicus Schepers (2), Nispen

• 1740 » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet († 1805)
• 1759 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1815)
• 1780 » Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon († 1825)
• 1784 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1865)
• 1785 » George Ormerod, English historian and author († 1873)
• 1790 » Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist († 1874)
• 1801 » Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel († 1854)
• 1808 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist († 1875)
• 1819 » Báb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bábism († 1850)*1822 - Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge († 1896)
• 1832 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist († 1894)

• 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)

• 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 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
• November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.

The temperature on October 20, 1783 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest by west. Weather type: betrokken regen.