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• Antonius de Rooij, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1820)
• Aldegonda Joost\Judocus VAN DE VEN, Someren (NL/NB) († 1810)
• Anna Arnolda Aarts van Well, Bruchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Clasina Elisabeth VAN BOETZELAER, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1823)
• Arnold Jorissen, Wijchmaal, Limburg, België († 1878)
• Anna Theresia Peeters, Erps
• Anna (Annigje) van Rossum, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 1853)
• Antonius van de Sande, Best († 1851)
• Anna Clasina Elisabeth, Barones Van Boetzelaer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1823)
• * Matthijs de Kluijver, Wieldrecht met Louisapolder († 1825)

• Barbara MEEUWISSEN ( Bartholomeeussen ), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Gertrude Luckermans (66)
• Dionysia Bibiana Vandeputte (63), Heestert
• Cornelius Kitzen (66), Grevenbicht (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Franciskus KRAAN (0), Ter Aar
• Anthonius Lensvelt (69), Dussen
• Catherina SCHENCK (31), Ginneken,4835,Noord-Brabant,Breda,NEDERLAND
• Catherine Mattson (67), Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey, United States
• Antonius Lensvelt (69), Dussen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Col. John C. Williams (63), Duplin or Little Coharie, Sampson Co, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten

• 1762 » Samuel Morey, American engineer († 1843)
• 1766 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general († 1847)
• 1790 » Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator († 1860)
• 1796 » Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician († 1857)
• 1801 » Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor († 1851)
• 1805 » John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian († 1886)
• 1813 » Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer († 1848)
• 1815 » João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician († 1889)
• 1817 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author († 1875)
• 1822 » Gustav Spörer, German astronomer († 1895)

• 1688 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
• 1730 » Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
• 1764 » Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
• 1774 » Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)

• 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)
• April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
• June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• 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 4 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
• December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.

The temperature on October 23, 1783 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.