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• "Laurence" Marie Octavie d'Amedor de Mollans, Besançon, Doubs, France († 1950)
• Adrianus Bruin, haringcarspel († 1907)
• Albert Specht, Poznan, Wlkp., Poland
• Aloysius Christiaan Terlingen, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1901)
• Adriana Kok de, 's-Heerenhoek († 1948)
• Alida Joanna Louisa Zuidhoorn, Rotterdam
• Ambrose Hill Hoyle, Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Alida SCHOTHORST, Bussum (Noord-Holland) († 1948)
• Allan (Allen) Feindel, New Germany, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1955)
• Aant Jelles Westra, Stiens († 1902)

• Arnoldus Meeuwissen (82), Beesd
• Aaltje Nijdam (0), Groningen
• Anthonij Geerden (50), Oud Gastel
• Antonij Geerden, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, NL
• Bartholomeus Lambertus Limburg (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Blondel (76), Kloetinge
• Albert Verheij (62), Vinkwijk, Zeddam, Nederland
• Anna Ethel Hurley (1), Died Before 8
• Andreas Maria Theresia Swerts (71), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Arnoldus Meeuwissen- (81), Beesd, Nederland

• 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)
• 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
• 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
• 1880 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician († 1943)
• 1882 » Auguste Herbin, French painter († 1960)
• 1882 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister († 1945)
• 1885 » Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author († 1948)
• 1887 » Raymond Thorne, American swimmer († 1921)
• 1891 » Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist († 1964)
• 1893 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)

• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)

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 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• 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.

The temperature on April 29, 1883 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.