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• van Zanden, Donkerbroek Oostst.werf, Friesland, Nederland († 1883)
• Aafke Kuipers, Nijmegen († 1911)
• Adrianus Kemp, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aagje Visser, Kralingen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kemp, Dordrecht († 1945)
• Aafke Jochems Nijdam, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1884)
• Alberta Johanna Geertruida Esmeijer, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriana Hoek, Steenbergen nbr, Nederland († 1961)
• Angela Melania Hermania Hubrechsen, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anne Marks, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1965)

• Albertus Gerardus van Wingerden (0), Gouda {ZH}
• Alexander MacLeod [iAi] (108)
• Agoston Csáky de Körösszeg et Adorján (79), Levoča / Leutschau, Slovaquie
• Andrew Morehouse (42)
• Arnoldus van Alphen (75), Driel
• Anna Levina Maria Lignian (0), Montfoort,Gemeente Montfoort,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Loon (66)
• Anne Jacobs Visser (67), Echten
• Abraham Horn (7), Kepno, Wlkp., Poland
• Antonius Martens (84), Heteren, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)
• 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)
• 1887 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic († 1947)
• 1888 » Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1969)
• 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
• 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
• 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)

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.
• March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

The temperature on February 17, 1883 was about 1.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.