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• Antonetta Willemina Bannink, Wehl
• uitterdijk emma doetje, kampen († 1918)
• Antje Harmens Ebbens, Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1953)
• Antonetta Adriana Francisca Elisabeth van den Muijsenbergh, Roosendaal († 1913)
• Anna Maria Ottens, Düllmann, Wilholte, Oberlangen
• Andreas Antonius van den Oord, Nieuwkuijk
• Alex Edward Reeves, Alabama († 1954)
• Adolphe Schmitz, Soumagne († 1925)
• Aloysius Ludovicus Swannet, Antwerpen († 1961)
• Aaltje Blom, Hindeloopen, 8713, Nederland († 1888)

• Anne-Catherine Bourcart (80), Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France
• Berend Beekman (66), Epe
• Charlotte Adélaide Dhullu (73), Wavrin, Nord
• Annetje Stoffer (62), Epe
• Claartje van der Niet (0), Noordwijk
• Arentje Beukema (0), Holwierde
• Alice Van Den Meersch (0), Nieuwerkerken
• ALIDA DE ROODE (0), OVERSCHIE
• Antje Stoffers (62), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Benedictus Cornelis Ligtvoet (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1875 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director († 1926)
• 1880 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic († 1956)
• 1882 » Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop († 1963)
• 1884 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach († 1947)
• 1885 » Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer († 1957)
• 1888 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer († 1972)
• 1889 » Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta († 1942)
• 1891 » Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher († 1968)
• 1891 » Jean-François Martial, Belgian actor († 1977)
• 1891 » Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician († 1965)

• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (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.
• January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
• January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• 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 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.

The temperature on September 12, 1883 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.