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• Anna Soesan, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Alicia Bertha Depuydt, Passendale († 1944)
• Smeulders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Neeltje Groen, Giessendam († 1962)
• Antje Langereis, Callantsoog
• Annie E Godhard AGOD01.ANN07, Glossop, Derbyshire, England († 1965)
• Adolph Friedrich Christoph Metelmann, Kiel, Landeshauptstadt Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein († 1946)
• Alida Bertha Depuydt, Passendale († 1944)
• Agnes Ellen Borrell, Longswamp, Berks Co. Pennsylvania († 1940)
• Antje Kloosterman, Noordwolde († 1961)

• Andela Kuperus (61), Terband
• Anna Catharina Frenken (57), Elen,, Limburg, België
• Charles Thomas HOLLAND (82), Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
• Aloisius Placidius GHEYSENS (49), Tourcoing (FRA)
• Augustus Leopoldus Minne (47), Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriana Boom (59), Waspik,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kippers (0), Rijssen
• Ambrosius Lingerak (0)
• Apolonia de Ligt (22), Vlaardingen
• Berendina Anjetta Grevenstuk (69), Zwolle

• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)
• 1889 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC († 1971)
• 1890 » Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter († 1964)
• 1890 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic († 1960)
• 1890 » Verna Felton, American actress († 1966)
• 1893 » George Llewelyn Davies, English soldier († 1915)
• 1895 » László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor († 1946)

• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)

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 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
• November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

The temperature on July 20, 1883 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.