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• Anna Maria VOGELS, Aarle-Rixtel, 3265, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eelke Wiegers Postma, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1831)
• Anna Schaap, Woudrichem,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Slotboom, Hummelo,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1831)
• Aart Jansen, Voorthuizen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1820)
• Dochter Le Roy, Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE († 1783)
• Bartha Peters, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• David Perry Rev, Sorel, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada († 1871)
• Bernardus Mathias Rüschen, Wesuwe, Haren (Ems)
• Aart Jansen van den Brink, Voorthuizen († 1833)

• Anna Maria Doderer (68), Steinberg, Murrhardt, Württemberg, Germany
• Jacob Abrahams van der Ende, Maasland, Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Joannes Mouwen (60), Meerle (B)
• Anthhonius Augustinus van Lieshout (79), Son
• Hendrik Boll (49)
• Jacob Abramsz. van der Ende (56), Maasland
• Evert Claasen Hindriks (68), Uithuizermeeden
• Jacobus Dirks van der Vossen (34), Overveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Casparus Willen (82), Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland
• Evert Claassen Hindriks Medema (68), Uithuizermeeden,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1747 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1792)
• 1749 » Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer († 1794)
• 1764 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician († 1812)
• 1800 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher († 1864)
• 1813 » Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author († 1855)
• 1818 » Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist († 1883)
• 1826 » Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III († 1920)
• 1830 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company († 1906)
• 1832 » Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian († 1918)
• 1833 » Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic († 1905)

• 1705 » Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
• 1760 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1766 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1808 » Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1821 » Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)

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)
• May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• 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.
• October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
• 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 5, 1783 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.