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• Aafje Mosch, Warmenhuizen († 1957)
• Alberta Helena Grol († 1951)
• Aaldrik Koster, Onstwedde († 1885)
• Aartje Duijst, Bunschoten († 1939)
• Aaltje Kregel († 1960)
• Adrianus van Vugt, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1889)
• Alberta van Hell, Nijkerk († 1952)
• Abeltje Fokkens, Kloosterburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolf Jan Wesemael, Aalst
• Verster, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Ane Jensdatter (79), Jerslev, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark
• Andrew Bishop (71), St Clair, Smyth, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Dorothea echtgenote W Prince (54), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Nijholt (82), Noordwolde
• Aafke Strak (46), Harlingen
• Adrianus de JONG (72), Sliedrecht
• van der Valk, Reeuwijk
• Albert Menno Klok (0), smeerling
• Aaltje Boer (58), Staphorst
• Anna Maria Neve (57), Graauw en Langendam, Hulst, Zeeland, Nl

• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)
• 1883 » Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1885 » Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general († 1947)
• 1886 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic († 1921)
• 1887 » William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland († 1953)
• 1888 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author († 1904)
• 1889 » A. Philip Randolph, American activist († 1979)
• 1889 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator († 1975)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Neeltje
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
16. Antje

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

The temperature on April 15, 1883 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.