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• Anna Maria Gijsen, Jabeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Salden, Obbicht en Papenhoven, Oostenrijks Opper-Gelre († 1859)
• annetje van WEEL, oud-beijerland
• Anthony Bernard Dit Lafontaine, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States († 1870)
• Aegidius Schäfer, Hinsbeck
• Anna Catharina Welter, Aachen, NR-W, Duitsland
• Ardina Sulsters, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna Fenna Wekema, Peize
• Adrianus Matthijssen, Princenhage († 1818)
• Albert Cornelis Knijpstra, Benedenknijpe, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands

• Jan Harmens (40)
• Cornelia Trommelen (40), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berent Veltboom (61), Bredevoort, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus DIBBETS (61), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus DIBBETS (61), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hermannus Legedaer (73), Wesuwe, Haren (Ems)
• Hendrik van Sint Annaland (2), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Trommelen (40), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Josepha Ridder (0), Weesp
• Adrianus van der Burg, Wassenaar

• 1749 » Thomas Lynch Jr., American commander and politician († 1779)
• 1797 » Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer († 1879)
• 1802 » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist († 1829)
• 1811 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer († 1896)
• 1813 » Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist († 1896)
• 1815 » Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica († 1901)
• 1827 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil († 1892)
• 1828 » Louise of the Netherlands († 1871)
• 1833 » Carola of Vasa († 1907)
• 1843 » James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer († 1927)

• 1729 » Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)
• 1743 » John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)
• 1778 » Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)
• 1778 » Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756)
• 1792 » Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
• November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

The temperature on August 5, 1783 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.