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• Algernon Henry (3Rd Baron Belper) STRUTT († 1956)
• Adrianus Karel Duvé, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Adriana Maria Joanna van de Sande, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1924)
• Andreas Joseph Sommer, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Arnoldus Vredebregt, Schiedam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Akke Sjoerds Louwenaar, St. Jacobiparochie († 1966)
• "Maria Josepha" Josephina Josephina, Alphen (Appeltern), NL
• Ada M Lohr († 1934)
• Amandus Leopoldus Huybrechts, Messelbroek
• Alexander Karel Willem Arntzenius, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1885)

• Adriana Mallant (12), Herpt
• Angenieta Alida Bos (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Huisman (0), Krewerd, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida de Vries (80), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Baars (31), 's-Gravendeel
• Aaltje ten Kate ov (1), Slagharen {OV}
• Adriana Maria Sliedrecht van (74), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aletta Jodocus Heringa (89), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• De Kok (59), Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Mallant, Herpt en Bern

• 1871 » Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet († 1914)
• 1871 » Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1872 » Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general († 1922)
• 1872 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1934)
• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1879 » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer († 1929)
• 1880 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter († 1938)
• 1880 » Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator († 1959)
• 1883 » Alberto Collo, Italian actor († 1955)
• 1895 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author († 1974)

• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)

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 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• 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 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
• November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

The temperature on May 6, 1883 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%.