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• Arij Aries Rietdijk, Rozenburg († 1786)
• Arij Arijs (Arie, Arieszn, Arijszn) Barendregt (Barendrecht), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland († 1862)
• Arie Arijsz BARENDREGT, s-Gravendeel,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Augustinus VAN de VELDE, Wetteren,9230,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arij BARENDRECHT, 's-Gravendeel
• Adrianus van den Noort, Standdaarbuiten
• Aartjen, Harderwijk
• Albertus Joannes Harte, Kralingen († 1799)
• Adam Laurens, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nl († 1822)
• Arie Barendregt, 's-Gravendeel († 1862)

• Christian Engle (Forrer) Ferree (45), York County, PA
• Arie Frans van Hanswijk (61), Hillegersberg
• Cornelis van Wingerden, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Verlorenkost (48), 's-Heer Arendskerke
• Dingena SAARLOIS (53), Willemstad, Moerdijk, NL-NB
• Arie de Geus (65), Zuidland
• Arij Fransz van Hanswijk (61), Hillegersberg,Rotterdam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Penders (60), Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie de Geus (65), Zuidland
• Arie Fransz van Hanswijk (61), Hillegersberg, Zuid Holland

• 1739 » Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer († 1818)
• 1749 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat († 1832)
• 1774 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition († 1821)
• 1801 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher († 1877)
• 1814 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author († 1873)
• 1816 » Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria († 1884)
• 1822 » Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria († 1904)
• 1827 » Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess († 1894)
• 1833 » Edward Burne-Jones, English artist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement († 1898)
• 1837 » Francis von Hohenstein, duke of Teck († 1900)

• 1678 » John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1602)
• 1735 » Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
• 1757 » David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
• 1784 » Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
• 1793 » Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740)
• 1805 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)

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)
• February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
• 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 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 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
• December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.

The temperature on August 28, 1783 was about 16.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.