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• Christina Maria Bünnemeyer, Lohne, Vechta, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Anna van Valkenburg, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)
• Anna Catharina WANDERSCHEID VANDERSCHEID *, Larochette, Mersch, Luxembourg († 1839)
• Cornelis van den Berg, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1840)
• Agnita Wijsbroek, Delfshaven, Nederland († 1880)
• Anna Oberholtzer, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1842)
• Anna Hoover Oberholtzer († 1842)
• Cornelia Wagenaar
• Abraham Wolfertse Landman, Zierikzee († 1862)
• Cornelia Veraart, Roosendaal en Nispen

• Jacob de Best (66), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Georg Wilhelm Lauber (0), Hoheleye,Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Elisabeth van Bergen (54), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Gerrits WARNAR (8)
• François JACQUET-MOUCHE (81), Biol,38690,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Helena Neuhaus
• Eva Beerents Wouters (3), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Count Victurnien of Rochechouart de Mortemart (26)
• Henricus Joannes BOLLEN (59), Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hendrien KERSTENS (27), Roosendaal, 4153, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1712 » Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general († 1759)
• 1724 » George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1807)
• 1792 » Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist, meteorologist, and geographer († 1876)
• 1812 » Berthold Auerbach, German poet and author († 1882)
• 1820 » John Tenniel, English illustrator († 1914)
• 1833 » Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal († 1913)
• 1840 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer († 1892)
• 1848 » Arthur Giry, French historian and academic († 1899)
• 1851 » Samuel W. McCall, American journalist and politician, 47th Governor of Massachusetts († 1923)
• 1858 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director († 1941)

• 1648 » Christian IV of Denmark (b. 1577)
• 1786 » John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)
• 1788 » Thomas Cushing, American lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1725)
• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)

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 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on February 28, 1783 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder.