About the day » Sunday December 14, 1783Calender converter

• Annetje van Amerongen, Overlangbroek, Amerongen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana Jansdr de Haan, Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Aalbert van Dam, Jaarsveld († 1840)
• Abraham Safoer, Leiden (Luthers)
• Aaltje Knol, Rouveen, province of Overijssel († 1865)
• Albert Tjepken Jürgens, Timmel
• Annetje Dirks van Amerongen, Overlangbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Oltmans Begeman, Slochteren
• Anna van Kessel, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
• Antje Oltmans, Slochteren

• Joannes Jacobus Wenmeckers (2), Berg aan de Maas (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Eijldert Brants (73), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Annetje Gerritsd Schar (67), Zandvoort
• Albertus (Aelbert Albert) Waarle (Waerle Hermsen) (63), Vorden (Bronckhorst)
• Jacobus Antonius MARGINET (60), Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Iman Dirkse SCHUURMAN (24), Den Bommel
• Anne GUAY (67), Menetou-Salon, 18510, France
• Dirk Dogterom (21), Stolwijk
• Garritjen Bosman
• Andreas Rothenpieler (86), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1738 » Jan Antonín Koželuh, Czech composer and educator († 1814)
• 1775 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College († 1852)
• 1775 » Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish admiral and politician († 1860)
• 1777 » Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone († 1839)
• 1784 » Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily († 1806)
• 1789 » Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist († 1831)
• 1791 » Charles Wolfe, Irish priest and poet († 1823)
• 1794 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician († 1872)
• 1816 » Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi and educator († 1889)
• 1824 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator († 1898)

• 1715 » Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (b. 1636)
• 1735 » Thomas Tanner, English bishop and historian (b. 1674)
• 1741 » Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (b. 1661)
• 1785 » Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1727)
• 1788 » Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (b. 1714)
• 1788 » Charles III of Spain (b. 1716)
• 1799 » George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (b. 1732)
• 1831 » Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, 5th Mayor of Cincinnati (b. 1765)
• 1838 » Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (b. 1806)
• 1842 » Ben Crack-O, king of several tribes around Cape Palmas

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)
• 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.
• May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• 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.
• August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
• November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

The temperature on December 14, 1783 was about -3.0 °C. Weather type: helder mist.