About the day » Sunday January 28, 1883Calender converter

• Aart Japhetsz van der Merwe, Dubbeldam, zh.nld
• Aart van de MERWE, Dubbeldam
• Agnes RÜTZENHOFF, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1912)
• Albertus Bernardus ter Voert, Megchelen, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Hoogland, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Albertus Pronk, Scheveningen († 1968)
• Albert Klok, Smeerling, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands († 1883)
• Aiko Reinders Overkamp, Wierum, Groningen, Netherlands († 1927)
• Alice Myra Long, Fannin, Georgia, United States († 1963)
• Adelheid WOBBEN, Den Helder (NL/NH) († 1952)

• Abraham Gouka, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert (tweeling) Ratelband (11), Amersfoort
• Barteld Jans HOUWEN (76), De Houw, Leens, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van Gestel (3), turnhout
• Aaltje Bruijs (72), Veenendaal
• Baukjen Adzers de Vries (76), Dantumadiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Gouka (77), Middelburg
• Andries Verbeek (53), ´s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Van der Beek (53), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bruijs (Bruis) (72), Veenendaal Utr

• 1873 » Colette, French novelist and journalist († 1954)
• 1874 » Alex Smith, Scottish golfer († 1930)
• 1875 » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1965)
• 1878 » Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1880 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach († 1970)
• 1884 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer († 1962)
• 1885 » Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist († 1920)
• 1886 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic († 1976)
• 1886 » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator († 1982)

• 1832 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
• 1859 » F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
• 1864 » Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)

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 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.

The temperature on January 28, 1883 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.