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• Christiaan van der Salm, Gameren († 1851)
• Ryckeghem, Esen-West Vlaanderen († 1860)
• Cornelis Luijk, Stavenisse († 1844)
• Antonius Marcus Guijtink, Eerbeek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1843)
• Adrianus Gerrits Luck, Monster (ZH district VIII) NL
• Adriaan Verhoeven, Oijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angela Adelheidis Wolters, Niederlangen, Lathen († 1820)
• Augustinus Theorodus van Rijckevorsel van Kessel, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1846)
• anne catherine joseph spiroux, seilles liege († 1844)
• Ary van Dijk, Streefkerk

• Gerrit Gerritsz Loots (75), Enkhuizen
• Everdina van Borken, Lobith, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrud (Pinning) Steinhögger (77), Oestinghausen
• Helena Heins (0), Oude Wetering, Leimuiden
• Cornelis van der Voort (54), Alphen en Riel, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Gertrudis Vergouwen (71), Nispen-Essen
• Adriana Beer de (0), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Grietje van de Lande (43), Edam, nh.nld
• Elisabeth Stevens (6), Merchtem
• Eyre Coote (57), Madras, Tamil Nådu, India

• 1715 » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator († 1767)
• 1758 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States († 1831)
• 1761 » Marie Harel, French cheesemaker († 1844)
• 1765 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1819 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic († 1884)
• 1827 » William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1904)
• 1838 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate († 1913)
• 1848 » Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator († 1909)
• 1854 » Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. († 1923)
• 1855 » José Malhoa, Portuguese painter († 1933)

• 1710 » Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager (b. 1630)
• 1716 » Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673)
• 1726 » Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (b. 1653)
• 1741 » Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
• 1772 » Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (b. 1737)
• 1781 » Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723)
• 1813 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
• 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)

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)
• 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.
• April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
• 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.
• 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 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.

The temperature on April 28, 1783 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder.