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• Aaltje van Geest, 's-Gravenzande (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1853)
• Abraham Degeling, Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Abram Degeling, Rozenburg († 1835)
• Abram Leendertsz Degeling, Rozenburg († 1835)
• Aaltjen van 't Pad, Harderwijk († 1827)
• Adriaantje Willemse Hokke, Burgh († 1861)
• Aagje Kok, Spijkenisse († 1829)
• Adriana van Nek, Vlaardingen († 1866)
• Aaltje Peters van 't Pad, Harderwijk († 1827)
• Aaltjen Peters van 't Pad, Harderwijk († 1827)

• Derk SIKKES (3), Winsum, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Charles Louis DEMARLE (68), Heudicourt,80438,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE
• Anna Dilien (50), Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
• Francois Lambinon (23)
• Antje Jacobs Jongbloed, Schellingwoude, Nederland
• Adriaan Laurens Frijsse
• Geertrui Brunks (78), Horst
• Anna Margaretha Bingham Wiand (71), Hampton, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
• Catharina (Caatje) Jans de Graaf (40)
• Georg Löser (2), Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1752 » John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts († 1825)
• 1757 » Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City († 1816)
• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 1796 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician († 1859)
• 1796 » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar († 1859)
• 1796 » William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1862)
• 1820 » John Whiteaker, American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st Governor of Oregon († 1902)
• 1820 » Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States († 1889)

• 1734 » James Thornhill, English painter and politician (b. 1675)
• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)

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 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
• June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
• November 4 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
• December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.

The temperature on May 4, 1783 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.