About the day » Wednesday February 12, 1783Calender converter

• AAGJE van Belle, Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Meuwsen, Huissen, Stad, Gelderland, Nederland († 1842)
• Adrianus (Arij) Paalvast, Maasland, Nederland († 1849)
• Antje Jans Posthumus, Het Meer, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1837)
• Antje Jans Posthuma, 't Meer († 1837)
• Anna Catharina SANNEN, Mol († 1850)
• Antonius Meeuwsen, Huissen
• Angenietje Harmens, Bakkeveen
• Adrianus Paalvast, Maasland, Nederland († 1849)
• Anna Magdalena Burgsmüller, Mülheim/Ruhr-Holthausen († 1832)

• Gerardus Fijten (0), Montfort
• Athanasia ( Van Moortel ) Vanmoortel (32), Bekegem
• Balthasar Willemsz Grootenboer (52), Bergen op Zoom
• Freerk Jans Friesenborg, Ulrum, Groningen, Netherlands
• jeanne françoise ROBAUT (38), La Flamengrie (F-59)
• Aartje Bruijsten Heijmans (39), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Klomp (0), Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ambrosius Jansz de Leeuw (10)
• Abigail Fairfield (58)
• Clasina Klaasse van Dijk (5), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1768 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1835)
• 1775 » Louisa Adams, English-American wife of John Quincy Adams, 6th First Lady of the United States († 1852)
• 1777 » Bernard Courtois, French chemist and academic († 1838)
• 1777 » Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German author and poet († 1843)
• 1785 » Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist († 1838)
• 1787 » Norbert Provencher, Canadian bishop and missionary († 1853)
• 1788 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher († 1869)
• 1791 » Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union († 1883)
• 1794 » Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player and composer († 1867)
• 1794 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843-1844) († 1850)

• 1713 » Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (b. 1664)
• 1728 » Agostino Steffani, Italian priest and composer (b. 1653)
• 1763 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (b. 1710)
• 1789 » Ethan Allen, American farmer, general, and politician (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist and physiologist (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)

• 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)
• April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• 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 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
• November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
• December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.

The temperature on February 12, 1783 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.