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• Antje Boetel, Petten,, Noord-Holland, Nederlandpetten († 1858)
• Anna van Schooten, De Zilk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Gläsing, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Elisabeth Christina Werners, Duisburg, Mündelheim, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Antonius Franciscus Josephus Sauve, Asten († 1825)
• Anna Jansen, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Agnes Groels, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland († 1834)
• Anna Margaretha Hommes (Wichboldus) Wigboldus, Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1852)
• , Meppel, Nederland († 1863)
• Agnes Greuls GROELS, 's-Hertogenbosch, 4192, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1834)

• Anne Marie VAN COPPENOLLE (28), Renaix-St-Pierre,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje Cornelisd Ter HORST (7)
• Barbe Henri (Rodrique) RODIC (79), Marche-en-Famenne,6900,Luxembourg,Wallonië,BELGIË
• Catrijn Matser (73), Rheden
• Arij Hendriksz Kooijman (2), IJsselmonde, Nederland
• Bernardus DOUSSELAERE (35), Ramskapelle (Brugge),8301,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Antje Claases Spoelstra (10)
• Christine Mengel (1), Beddelhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Dirck Claasz Theodorus Claesz Claeszn van der Kroft (63), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aartje Andriesdr. Dijkgraaf (39), Heenvliet

• 1715 » John Brown, English author and playwright († 1766)
• 1722 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician († 1798)
• 1739 » Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire († 1819)
• 1742 » Richard Cosway, English painter († 1821)
• 1789 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician († 1868)
• 1818 » Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1893)
• 1835 » Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher († 1902)
• 1846 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross († 1869)
• 1850 » Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet († 1919)
• 1851 » Charles Dupuy, French academic and politician, 60th Prime Minister of France († 1923)

• 1660 » Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (b. 1591)
• 1660 » Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
• 1701 » Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
• 1714 » Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (b. 1633)
• 1752 » Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (b. 1670)
• 1758 » Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (b. 1686)
• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)

• 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)
• January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
• February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
• 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 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
• 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 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

The temperature on November 5, 1783 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken mist.