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• Abraham Lincoln Howard, Charleston, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States of America († 1972)
• Adrianus Klom, Arnhem († 1885)
• Adrianus Nuijten, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• Aaltje Adrijaantje Oskam, Nieuwer Amstel († 1965)
• Adrianus Johannes van Helvoort, Hedikhuizen
• Andrew Martin, New Lisbon, Juneau, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1951)
• Aleida Hendrika Johanna Braem, 's-Gravenwaard, Nederland († 1894)
• Amy Ann May Poke, Duck River Tasmania Australia († 1972)
• Aaltje Wybenga, Wirdum, Ljouwerteradiel, Friesland, Nederland († 1978)
• Adriana Pieternella de Lege, Terneuzen,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1938)

• Adriana Petronella Hooijmans (43), Voorburg
• Alberta Maria Gerritsen (10), Deventer, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Holten (51), Epe
• Barbara Deneweth (87), Winegene
• Adrianus Johannes De Bruijn (19), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Sijes van der Woude (42), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Pieternella Hooijmans (43), Voorburg
• Berent Bouma (47), Ulrum
• Anna Margaretha Groote Rate (69), Haaksbergen
• Berend Bouma (47), Ulrum

• 1879 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor († 1954)
• 1883 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1888 » Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1892 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright († 1977)
• 1896 » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist († 1956)
• 1896 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist († 1952)
• 1898 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese politician († 1960)
• 1900 » Hans Stuck, German race car driver († 1978)
• 1901 » Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer († 1992)

• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
• 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)

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.
• 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.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
• December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

The temperature on December 27, 1883 was about 3.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.