About the day » Wednesday December 24, 1783Calender converter

• Alexander Kuper, Wietmarschen († 1807)
• Andrew Pickens, Abbeville, South Carolina († 1860)
• Aleijda Caeltjens, Groessen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardina van Merm, Breda († 1859)
• Baukje Maartens Zwart, Oostzaandam († 1851)
• Aise Jeens Stoker, Benedenknijpe, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1854)
• Carlos Antonio de Jesus Carrillo, San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America († 1852)
• Abigail Harmon (born Pipes), Surry, North Carolina, United States († 1837)
• Catherine Rose BERKEIN, Moorslede († 1834)
• Cleophas Geuns, Nederweert († 1841)

• Anna Breurken (28), Cool
• Aagje Maartensdr Muijen (44), hardinxveld (zuid holland)
• Dieuke Thomas Schuurmans (39), Bozum, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Dieuke Thomas Schuurmans (39), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Dirk Paulusz de Bruijn (31), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansz. van der Crul (73), Wassenaar aangifte armmeesters
• Bieltje Ysaks Spilt (61), Huijsen(NH)
• Aagje Willems van Muijen (44), Giessendam
• Adriana Cornelisdr. van den Broeke (71), Vrouwenpolder
• Cornelis Pieterse Visser (46), DE WERKEN (Altena), Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1754 » George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet († 1832)
• 1761 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer († 1831)
• 1761 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan († 1808)
• 1798 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright († 1855)
• 1809 » Kit Carson, American general († 1868)
• 1810 » Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator († 1873)
• 1812 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist († 1894)
• 1818 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer († 1889)
• 1822 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic († 1888)
• 1827 » Alexander von Oettingen, German theologian and statistician († 1905)

• 1707 » Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)
• 1813 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)

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 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
• July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
• August 4 » Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
• October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
• November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.

The temperature on December 24, 1783 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.