About the day » Friday December 5, 1783Calender converter

• Crelis van der Meer, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Bunderen, Temse († 1851)
• Bartholomeus van Raalt, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1824)
• Anna Catharina Ophals, Schelle, 2627, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1873)
• Aaltje SEMEYNS, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Willems Kuiken, Garijp
• Antje Willems Kuiken, Garijp († 1787)
• Arnoldus Crooijmans, Beek en Donk,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1844)
• Carolus Franciscus Inghelbrecht, Eernegem († 1805)
• Cornelisje Groot, Bovenkarspel († 1852)

• Andreas Schonthaler (51), Schwann, Enzkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Ditlev Reventlow (71), Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Allemagne
• Catrina Adolfs (63), Amsterdam
• Gijssie Elisse Veenendaal (39), Doorn, Utrecht, NL
• Cornelis Deckers, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geertje Stoffels (47), Putten
• Adrianus Joossen (54), Brecht
• Henricus Beurssens (75), Bazel
• GIJSJE ELISSE VEENENDAAL (39), Doorn
• Evertje Lubberts, Otterlo

• 1782 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States († 1862)
• 1784 » George Shepherd, English illustrator and painter († 1862)
• 1803 » Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat († 1873)
• 1820 » Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author († 1892)
• 1822 » Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American philosopher and academic, co-founded Radcliffe College († 1907)
• 1829 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec († 1908)
• 1830 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and author († 1894)
• 1839 » George Armstrong Custer, American general († 1876)
• 1841 » Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman († 1900)
• 1849 » Eduard Seler, German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic († 1922)

• 1663 » Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
• 1749 » Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
• 1758 » Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1770 » James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
• 1784 » Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
• 1791 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)

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.
• 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.
• May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.

The temperature on December 5, 1783 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.