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• Adrien Blouin
• Houwing, Zijpe, Schagerbrug, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1883)
• Adrianus de Goeij, Haarzuilens, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1884)
• Adrianus Sluijter, Maasland
• Albert van Olst, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1971)
• Aaltje Seppenwoolde, Ambt Delden (Hof van Twente) († 1956)
• Albertus Gerardus van Lint, Utrecht († 1939)
• Amy Ruby Turvey († 1972)
• Adriana Louisa van den Reek, Helmond († 1952)
• Adrianus Sluijter, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Antje Jentjes (Anne) Tichelaar (72), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Brus (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Wijnants (79), Made en Drimmelen
• Adeline Massez (35), Lille (Nord)
• Adriana Maria Both (7), colijnsplaat (zeeland)
• Alida de Reus (75), Rotterdam
• Apollonia BURCKHART (42), Kandel, Germany
• VAN KERSCHAEVER, Moerkerke,8340,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Adriana Knoop (69), Schiedam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Knoop (69), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1873 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress († 1959)
• 1875 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1937)
• 1878 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer († 1927)
• 1885 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral († 1971)
• 1885 » Milton Avery, American painter († 1965)
• 1886 » G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist († 1975)
• 1886 » Virginia Pearson, American actress († 1958)
• 1886 » Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist († 1970)
• 1888 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1978)
• 1888 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author († 1977)

• 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)
• 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
• 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
• 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)

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.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• 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.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• 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 March 7, 1883 was about 2.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.