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• Aagje Adriana Verweij, Jutphaas († 1883)
• Ambrosius Baanders, Amsterdam († 1950)
• Anna Catherina PAUWELS, Herselt Belgie († 1959)
• Assendelft 312A
• "Margot" Marguerite Renée Victorine Ghislaine GHISLAIN, Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Alphonsus Franciscus van den Berg, Hilvarenbeek († 1944)
• Aafje Rol, Zuid-Scharwoude († 1930)
• Aagje Tuinstra, Surhuisterveen Frl († 1907)
• Alida Maria Moeton, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1931)
• Aagje Gerbens Tuinstra, Surhuisterveen († 1907)

• Antonie van de Wiel (77), Tongelre
• Anna Overdulve (51), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Antoine Van den Eynde (73), Ixelles (BXL)
• Berendina Ditmeijer (80), Amsterdam
• Adriana Koenraadt (92), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Welbergen (60), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verbruggen (66), Hoboken, België
• Bernardus van Wees (77), Leur
• Aaltjen Nijenhuis (83), Haarlem
• Anna Sanderina Meulenberg (74), Kortgene

• 1877 » Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)
• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)
• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1886 » Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator († 1962)
• 1888 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot († 1989)
• 1892 » Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach († 1957)
• 1892 » Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian († 1957)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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.
• August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• 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.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
• November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

The temperature on January 18, 1883 was about 3.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.