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• CHristiaan Abrmsz UItTenbOgaarD, Leiden
• Anton Octavian von Collalto und San Salvatore, Venezia, Italie († 1854)
• Antonius Brants, Berghem († 1874)
• Aleida Geertruida Her(Re)weyer, Kampen († 1855)
• Berent Jans Knapper, Noordbroek († 1843)
• Andrew {Andreas} Shaner, Douglass Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1857)
• Anna Maria Adrianus van Spaandonk, Loon op Zand († 1861)
• Anna Willemse van Wieringen, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1852)
• Antie de Groot, Amsterdam
• Berend(t) Jans Knapper, Noordbroek, Menterwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1843)

• Emmanuel Lycke, Sint Kruis-Brugge (BE)
• Emmanuel Lijcke (78), Sint Kruis
• Evert Pietersz. Mol (79), Delft
• Aeltje Sijmense VAN VEEN (77), Veen
• Georg Frederik thoe Schwartzenberg (49), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus DE BEUCKELAER (51), Westmalle, Malle, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Anna Elizabeth Wolterbeek (76), Nijmegen (Broederkerk)
• Dirk Blok (0), Kamerik
• Cornelis Abramsz NIEUWLAND (92)
• Clasijntje Spuijdijk (4), Oud Beijerland

• 1765 » Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1848)
• 1766 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist († 1828)
• 1768 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general and politician († 1813)
• 1775 » Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin († 1847)
• 1809 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet († 1892)
• 1826 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author († 1915)
• 1835 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist († 1900)
• 1844 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1900)
• 1844 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer († 1896)
• 1846 » Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant († 1888)

• 1694 » Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
• 1695 » François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
• 1753 » Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
• 1757 » Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
• 1794 » Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1815 » James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)

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)
• April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
• May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
• June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
• November 4 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.

The temperature on August 6, 1783 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.