About the day » Wednesday May 28, 1783Calender converter

• Clara Donker, Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1848)
• Col. Wait Wright, Rutland, Rutland, VT († 1866)
• Catharina Geertruid van Slooten, Nordhorn († 1869)
• Anders Svensson, Fiskebäckskil (O) († 1853)
• Adrianus Adriaans, Hoogeloon
• Cornele Coussemaecker, Dudzele
• Anna Maria Hoorn van, Drunen († 1818)
• levenloos (mnl), Hoogeveen
• Antonius Bastings, Limmel, Meerssen († 1862)
• Cecile KNUDDE, Knokke-Heist, 31043, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1846)

• Anna (Antje) van Rossum (28), Klundert
• Aart van Zanten (50), Culemborg
• Christianus Peter Willems (20), Casteren
• (o) Kettner (0), Winterberg, Kreis Brilon
• AUGUSTINUS VAN BRANDE (1), WAASMUNSTER,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Harmannus Jans Dun, Onstwedde (gem. Stadskanaal)
• Cornelis Sijmensz de Backer (70), Andijk
• gerardus van den broeck (0), sevenum (snelkensstraet)
• Aart van Santen (50), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dood Kind Jongevos (0), Hoogeveen

• 1738 » Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician († 1814)
• 1759 » William Pitt the Younger, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1806)
• 1763 » Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist († 1811)
• 1764 » Edward Livingston, American jurist and politician, 11th United States Secretary of State († 1836)
• 1779 » Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer († 1852)
• 1807 » Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist († 1873)
• 1818 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general († 1893)
• 1836 » Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and academic († 1918)
• 1836 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor († 1916)
• 1837 » George Ashlin, Irish architect, co-designed St Colman's Cathedral († 1921)

• 1747 » Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (b. 1715)
• 1750 » Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
• 1787 » Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1719)
• 1805 » Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer (b. 1743)
• 1808 » Richard Hurd, English bishop (b. 1720)
• 1811 » Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1742)
• 1831 » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (b. 1756)
• 1843 » Noah Webster, American lexicographer (b. 1758)
• 1849 » Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
• 1864 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)

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.
• 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.
• May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• 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 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 May 28, 1783 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken regen donder weerlicht.