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• Akke Otter, Oudeschoot, Schoterland († 1981)
• Adriana de Laat, Vught (N.Br) († 1887)
• Adolphina Tatipikalawan († 1961)
• Assendelft 156
• Alberdina Kruithof, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1908)
• AALTJE GROENHOF, BRUMMEN
• Abraham van STOLK, Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands) († 1956)
• Alexander Mooring, Leerdam
• Alida van de Straalen, Utrecht, Utr, Nederland († 1958)
• Adhemar, Fredericus, Marie Dauwe, Overmere († 1949)

• (naamloos) Suijkerbuijk (0), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Johannes Kegge (0), Tholen, Zeeland (Nederland)
• Anna Smeman (75), Steenwijksmoer
• Arie Johannes I Kegge (0), Tholen
• Antonia Elandt (72), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Elandt (72), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Petronella Fonteyne (71), Waasmunster, Flandre-Orientale, Belgique
• Anna Hendrika Clazina Guliker (69), Oosthuizen
• Adriana Cornelia STEKETEE (13), 's-Heer-Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia Eland (72), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)
• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)
• 1895 » Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician († 1941)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

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.
• 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.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• 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.

The temperature on May 15, 1883 was about 23.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.