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• Alard Joseph Sulman* Walchum-Melstrup, Walchum, Emsland, Niedersachsen, Germany († 1818)
• angélique BRUYERE, Dour (Belgium)
• Anne Jurjens de Jong, Westernijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1839)
• Carel Houwing, Utrecht, Ned († 1785)
• Berend JHzn. Zweers, Hardenberg († 1834)
• Eijbertien Gerritsen (Eijmertje) Lijnsveld, Elspeet, GLD, Nederland († 1837)
• Daniel Henrich Schreckegast, Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aleijda (Aaltje) Lubbers, Winterswijk
• Anna Lenaers, Sint-Truiden, België
• Anna Borghs, Schulen

• Catherine-Julie Ferrageau de Saint Amand (36), Sézanne (Sézanne, Marne),, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius DE GRAEF (42), Poppel,2382,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Cornelius Joannes Gommers (72), Groot Zundert, Gemeente Zundert, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Cornelis' Buisman (49), Enkhuizen
• Franciscus Benedictus van den BOSSCHE (68), Asse, 23002, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Barbara DE BOCK (45), Lebbeke,9280,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Cornelis Jan Gommers, Zundert
• Elizabeth (Lijsje) Jans Kraak (28), Oud-Beijerland
• Charles Joseph Plumet (54), Jumet,6040,Hainaut,BE
• Cornelis Johannes Petrus Gommers (72), Groot-Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1713 » Marie Fel, French soprano and actress († 1794)
• 1763 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator († 1839)
• 1784 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker († 1885)
• 1788 » Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet († 1879)
• 1798 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter († 1866)
• 1804 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic († 1891)
• 1811 » Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor († 1885)
• 1830 » Marianne North, English biologist and painter († 1890)
• 1838 » Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator († 1921)
• 1854 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic († 1907)

• 1655 » Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
• 1669 » William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
• 1672 » John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
• 1725 » Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
• 1799 » Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
• 1821 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)

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 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
• 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.
• June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
• 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 24, 1783 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.