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• Auke Aukes Bos, Workum, Friesland, Nederland († 1851)
• Cornelis Cornelisz Van VOLLENHOVEN, Rotterdam († 1844)
• Anna Catherina Fenstermacher, Bowers, Berks Co., PA
• Cornelis Slijper, Enkhuizen († 1845)
• († 1868)
• Beerent Jans Bots, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1811)
• Adriana Wielemaker, Biggekerke, Walcheren, NL († 1853)
• "Jan" Remmertsz Kunst, Den Hoorn (Texel)
• Anna Catharina BERGHMANS, Overpelt Belgie
• Cornelius Schaut, Bredene, Belgique

• Barend Hendriksz de WAARD (81), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold BIESMANS (73), Rosmeer
• Catherine Schneider (81), Haute Parthe, Moselle, Lorraine, France
• Dirk Baijs (40), Wieringen
• Dirk Evertsz Baijs (53), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bregje Siewers (44)
• Barbara Hofmans (4), Malderen
• Dina CHristina de Vries (1), Rotterdam
• Dirk Evertsz. Bais (50), Wieringen
• Barbara Hofmans (4), Malderen

• 1769 » James Scarlett Abinger, English judge († 1844)
• 1780 » Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp († 1849)
• 1784 » Archduke Louis of Austria († 1864)
• 1797 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic († 1856)
• 1804 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1873)
• 1814 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist († 1880)
• 1816 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens († 1892)
• 1818 » Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States († 1882)
• 1830 » Mathilde Fibiger, Danish feminist, novelist and telegraphist († 1892)
• 1836 » Franz von Lenbach, German painter and academic († 1904)

• 1721 » Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (b. 1676)
• 1729 » Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (b. 1676)
• 1754 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1696)
• 1758 » Noël Doiron, Canadian Acadia leader (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and hymn-writer (b. 1715)
• 1783 » Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer and demographer (b. 1717)
• 1784 » Samuel Johnson, English poet and lexicographer (b. 1709)
• 1814 » Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Belgian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1735)
• 1837 » Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)

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 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
• June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• 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.
• November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
• 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 13, 1783 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder.