About the day » Thursday July 31, 1783Calender converter

• Albertus Zuidervaart, Kudelstaart, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Reinders Hofmeijer, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1835)
• Cornelis Groot, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1846)
• Bregje de Vries, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 1849)
• Alberta Kelderman, Neder Elten (Duitsland)
• Bregje de Vries, Urk, Nederland († 1849)
• Cornelis Groot, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1846)
• antoine ignace SAUSSEZ, Dour (Belgium) Hainaut
• Catherina Theresia Barbara Techel, Poperinge (BE) († 1853)
• Elisabeth Hendriks, Woudenberg

• Arij Jacobs De Graaf (58), Willemstad, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Edmondus Abels (77), Gennep
• Arij Arijsz VERMEULEN (3), Mijnsheerenland
• Harmen Jebbink (35), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Geertje Stevens (Herms) Visscher (73), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Fokke (Focke) Hendriks (Hindriks) (53), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Arij de Graaf (58), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gerrit de Vries, Schermerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Frans Exaltis, Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland
• Geertje Stevens Visscher (73), Apeldoorn-Wiesel

• 1759 » Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official († 1796)
• 1777 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician († 1849)
• 1796 » Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime († 1846)
• 1800 » Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic († 1882)
• 1803 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, co-designed the USS Princeton and the Novelty Locomotive († 1889)
• 1816 » George Henry Thomas, American general († 1870)
• 1826 » William S. Clark, American colonel and politician († 1886)
• 1835 » Henri Brisson, French lawyer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of France († 1912)
• 1835 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and explorer († 1903)
• 1836 » Vasily Sleptsov, Russian author and activist († 1878)

• 1693 » Willem Kalf, Dutch still life painter (b. 1619)
• 1726 » Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1695)
• 1750 » John V, king of Portugal (b. 1689)
• 1762 » Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (b. 1711)
• 1781 » John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (b. 1719)
• 1784 » Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (b. 1713)
• 1805 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)
• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)

• 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.
• May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
• May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• 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.
• November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

The temperature on July 31, 1783 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.