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• Willemsen, Bunnik († 1951)
• Alice Renwick, Lasswade, Midlothian
• Adriaan Cornelis Leeuwis, Gouda (Zuid-Holland) († 1883)
• Adrianus Goudswaard, Spijkenisse († 1890)
• Albert Tuijp († 1918)
• Adrian Albert Janssen, Uden († 1960)
• Andreas de Vaan, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Abraham Goedegebuure, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• - Reith, Fulda, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 1883)
• Anna Margaretha van Dalsum, Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1938)

• Anje Klasen Niehof (91)
• Anthonij van Zandwijk (64), IJzendoorn {GE}
• Adriaan Habraken (Kuiper) (71), Holysloot
• Albertus Buijing (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van Krey (Creij) (66)
• Anna Margaretha (Johann Hermann - Hermann Haar) Wermes (36), Segberg, Haren, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Anthonij van Zandwijk (64), IJzendoorn
• Anje Klaassens Niehoff (92), Noorddijk, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Gijsberts Wassenaar (65)
• Adriana Jansen (39), Oisterwijk (Moergestel) (Noord Brabant)

• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)
• 1889 » Paul Nash, British painter († 1946)
• 1890 » Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete († 1984)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)
• 1894 » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer († 1991)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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.
• February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
• November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

The temperature on May 11, 1883 was about 6.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.