About the day » Wednesday August 1, 1883Calender converter

• Albertina de Roover, Putte, Antwerpen, België
• Albertien Peters, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna Pierre, Hingeon,, Namur, Belgique († 1916)
• van der Pol
• Adriana Maartense, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1967)
• Alice Abelje Helmantel, Grijpskerek, Groningen, Netherlands († 1941)
• Adriana Charlotte Benton, Soerabaja, Java, Ned. Indie
• Agatha Jacobs, Den Helder
• Abraham Philips, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Andries Willem Wolters, Kessel

• Aaltje Vos (75), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Albertus Mattheus Joseph Dobber (2), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Harms Weerman (66), Noordbarge, Nederland
• Abrahamma Jacoba de Koning (65), Noordwijkerhout
• Abram Theodorus Van Uffelen (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abrahama de Koning (65), Noordwijkerhout
• Akke Pieters van de Lune (40), Ferwerderadeel
• Aaltje Vos (75), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert van Ravenhorst (11), Amerongen
• Abrahamina Jacoba de Koning (65), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1871 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player († 1969)
• 1877 » George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman († 1968)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1961)
• 1881 » Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic († 1940)
• 1885 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1889 » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic († 1979)
• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)
• 1893 » Alexander of Greece († 1920)
• 1894 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist († 1927)
• 1898 » Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director († 1980)

• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)
• 1863 » Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)
• 1866 » John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)

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.
• 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.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
• December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

The temperature on August 1, 1883 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.