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• Adrianus van der Ende, 's-Gravenhage († 1886)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Makkee, Utrecht († 1960)
• Anna Catharina Geertrudis Jonkers, Nederweert († 1962)
• Adriana Maria Verheijen, Chaam († 1950)
• Adrianus Hillegondus Zwaan, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1892)
• Aaltje Bakker, Aengwirden
• ? Den Oudsten, Jaarsveld, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1883)
• Anne Marie Elisabeth de Hemricourt de Grünne († 1971)
• Anna Cornelia de BORST, Papendrecht († 1884)
• Adriana van de Ven, Helvoirt († 1967)

• ? Watzema, utingeradeel
• Barend Hendrik de Harde (33), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Oolbrink (47), Herike (Markelo)
• Adriana Johanna van der Gaag (51), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Elferink (79), Lichtenvoorde, Oost Geire, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Auguste Theodora Waldner van Freundstein (64), Gnadenberg, Berg, Neumarkt, Oberpalts, Beieren
• Antonius Hendriks (42), Oisterwijk, Nederland
• Antonie Dohna (70), 's Gravenhage
• Albertus Cornelius Gaillard (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Rietveld (73), jutphaas (utrecht)

• 1873 » Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist († 1960)
• 1873 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint († 1897)
• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)
• 1885 » Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1886 » Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author († 1959)
• 1889 » Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales († 1973)
• 1891 » Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station († 1990)
• 1892 » Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor († 1958)
• 1892 » Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player († 1962)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (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.
• 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 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
• 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.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on January 2, 1883 was about 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.