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• Christine Louise Branahl († 1785)
• Cornelia Vogels, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberta Scherrenberg, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Geerts Petrus, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hillebrands Feringa, Grijpskerk († 1857)
• Charles Thornton, Orange, Virginia, United States († 1842)
• Cornelia van Manen, Woudenberg († 1834)
• Coleta CAUDRON, Herdersem
• Anna Hillebrands Feringa, Grijpskerk († 1857)
• Cornelia Van Maarn (Van Maren), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1834)

• Fredrik ERNST, Middelburg, 5734, Zeeland, Nederland
• Crijntje Dirksdr. Waddingsveen (63), Abtsrecht
• Elisabeth Bex, Sint-Truiden, België
• Jacobus Maeckelbergh, Werken,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Geertje Daniels Schut (27), Beekbergen
• Cornelis van Deijl, Dordrecht
• Jacobus Bernardus Maeckelbergh (42), Werken BE
• Heijmen Everts, Nunspeet
• Arnoldus PAUWELS (73), Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Van Nuffel (55), Herdersem

• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1786 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State († 1857)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1799 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter († 1852)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1805 » Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1878)
• 1806 » Stand Watie, American general († 1871)

• 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
• 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1817 » Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)
• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)

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)
• May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
• May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
• 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 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

The temperature on December 12, 1783 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder.