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• Antje Willems Boonstra-, Heerenveen, Nederland († 1825)
• Albertina de Oele, Kampen († 1869)
• Aldegondis van LEIPSIGH, Horst,, Pays-Bas († 1864)
• Aart van der Winkel, Culemborg († 1787)
• Anne Marie Bax, Someren
• Anna Elisabeth Senden Zenden, Ubachsberg
• ANNA BARBARA PALMEN, Heerlen († 1860)
• Anna Lentz, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Brits, Amersfoort
• Bartholomeus van Hees, Poeldijk, RK kerk

• Elisabeth Anthonies van Schaik (63), Abcoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Pieter Willeboorts
• Jacoba van Lunen, Limmen, Nederland
• Gerrit Arends van de Beek (2)
• Henricus Neyens (61), Olen, Provincie Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, Belgi√´
• Catharina Frencken, Vlodrop, Lim, Nederland
• Clara Vingeroets, Hagenbroek Netherlands
• Elisabeth Anthonies van Schaick, Abcoude
• Adrianus Cautereels (56), Herentals, België
• Christopher Gräper (68)

• 1729 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer († 1811)
• 1755 » Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War († 1813)
• 1780 » Piet Retief, South African ruler († 1838)
• 1793 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist († 1831)
• 1795 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist († 1856)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist († 1902)
• 1817 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith († 1892)
• 1833 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist († 1887)
• 1840 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker († 1917)
• 1842 » John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)

• 1667 » Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598)
• 1671 » Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (b. 1612)
• 1742 » Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• 1793 » Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)
• 1793 » Lord George Gordon, English politician (b. 1751)
• 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)

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)
• March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
• 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.
• May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
• June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• 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 November 12, 1783 was about 6.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.