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• Cornelis van Vrijaldenhoven, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1788)
• Alberta Ter Steege, Montfoort
• Gerardus Jans van der Boog, Oegstgeest
• Gerardus Dreesens, Hulsberg, Nuth († 1814)
• Geeltje Klazes de Groot, Hallum († 1836)
• Barbe MICHIELS, Neerheylissem
• Franciscus SEGERS, Lebbeke,9280,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1821)
• Adrianus van Gi(e)ls, Westelbeers († 1783)
• Bastiaan Antonisse van Kooten, Dussen, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1864)
• Gerardus van Schijndel, Boxtel († 1860)

• Franciscus Baltazaris Schalckx (66)
• Dirk van Kalkhoven (41), Culemborg, Nederland
• Ann Frankling (43), St George in The East, Middlesex, England
• Benoit XHONEUX, VERVIERS, Liège, Belgique
• Jan Heijting (2), Ede, Nederland
• Jan Roos (81), Ridderkerk
• Catharina Petrus CORNELISSEN (71), Merksplas,2330,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Aimée Augustine Defrenne (24), Lille,59000,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,France
• Jan Ariensz Roos (82), Ridderkerk
• Jan Ariens Roos (82), Ridderkerk

• 1760 » Pope Leo XII († 1829)
• 1764 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer († 1838)
• 1771 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer († 1831)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1778 » James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy († 1860)
• 1788 » Thomas Tredgold, English engineer and author († 1829)
• 1800 » Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar († 1865)
• 1800 » William S. Harney, American general († 1889)
• 1827 » Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician († 1906)
• 1834 » Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer († 1906)

• 1711 » Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
• 1752 » William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
• 1773 » George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)
• 1793 » Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)
• 1806 » Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (b. 1732)
• 1818 » Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)
• 1828 » Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)
• 1850 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
• 1861 » Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)

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.
• February 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
• November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
• November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

The temperature on August 22, 1783 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.