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• Antonette Weijers, Gennep, Nederland († 1922)
• Afke Bonnes Bouma, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anje Dusseljee, Weiwerd, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Maria Catharina van Bouwdijk Bastiaanse, Bemmel,Gemeente Lingewaard,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Abraham Cohen, Utrecht († 1944)
• Anna Weegink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alice Angress, Wroclaw, Silesia, Poland († 1945)
• Anna Maria Catharina Bouwdijk Bastiaanse van, Bemmel, Gld, Nederland († 1963)
• Agnes Draaisma, Sneek, Nederland († 1884)
• Grimbergen, Rijnsburg

• Antonia Korbeld (70), Raalte
• Baukjen Jakobs van der Molen (37), Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Besouw (78), Gilze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johannes Duppen (74), Utrecht
• Baukje Jakobs Van der Molen (37), Achtkarspelen, Nederland
• - van der Schuur (0), Woldendorp (Termunten)
• Anna Cornelia van Bezouw (78), Gilze
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• Albert Berghuis (20), (GR) Groningen
• Albert Aaldert van Laviere (82), Kerk-Avezaath, Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1873 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic († 1946)
• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)
• 1887 » Charles I of Austria († 1922)
• 1887 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line († 1940)
• 1888 » Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit († 1963)
• 1890 » Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce († 1946)
• 1890 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot († 1920)
• 1893 » John Brahm, German-American director and production manager († 1982)

• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)

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.
• 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.
• 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 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

The temperature on August 17, 1883 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.