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• Aartje van delft, Haastrecht
• Miel, Wageningen († 1883)
• Aartje Cornelia de Ruiter, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Adrianus VAN IERLAND, Tilburg, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands († 1965)
• (stillborn son) de GROOT, Berkenwoude (Z.-H.), Neth († 1883)
• Albert Buford Kampman, Ridgeway, Harrison, Mo (USA) († 1977)
• Adrianus (4) van Ierlant, Tilburg († 1965)
• Aloysius De Corte, Waasmunster
• Alida van Zalingen, Vreeland (Stichtse Vecht), Utrecht, Nederland († 1883)
• Adrianus Loomans, Asten († 1885)

• Albertus ter Heine
• anthonie HERWEIJER (35), rotterdam
• Alpheus Alonzo Resseguie (66)
• Alida Petronella Petrus (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Degandt (0), Passendale
• Andrew Taylor Morrison (84), Evergreen, Gallia Co., Ohio
• Aaltje Schoenmaker (6), Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Buiting (85), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida van Zwieten (18), Wassenaar
• Adriana de Zanger (83), Krimpen aan de IJssel Z.H

• 1882 » Ödön Bodor, Hungarian athlete († 1927)
• 1882 » Harold D. Babcock, American astronomer († 1968)
• 1886 » Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1887 » Jean-Henri Humbert, French botanist († 1967)
• 1888 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company († 1958)
• 1888 » Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter († 1960)
• 1889 » Charles Hawes, American historian and author († 1923)
• 1889 » Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, German general of paratroop forces during World War II († 1968)
• 1889 » Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and playwright († 1972)
• 1891 » Walter Model, German field marshal († 1945)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• 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 January 24, 1883 was about -2.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.