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• Aalt Wouters, Nijkerk Gld († 1885)
• Agnes VAN ZUIDEN, Garden Plain, KL († 1942)
• Alina Kuilder, Steenwijkerwold
• Adriaan Schouwenaar, Wemeldinge († 1956)
• andreas jacobus vlietstra, amsterdam,, nederland († 1884)
• Abe Siersma, Amsterdam († 1972)
• Alegonda Hindriks Mellema, Oude Pekela
• Alle Metskes van der Wal, Oudwoude, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia den Hartog, Leerdam († 1962)
• Raadschelders, Kudelstaart, North Holland, Netherlands († 1962)

• Arnoldus van Loon (63), Leiden, Netherlands
• Abraham Kostense (60), Sint Philipsland
• Anna Elisabeth van der Veen (66), Joure
• Allegonda van Osch (78), Oijen en Teeffelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltjen Stolte (33), Zwolle
• Alijda Geertruida Magaretha Siddre (51), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius van Daal (61), Haps
• Catharina(Kaatje) Sterkenburg (75), Amerongen
• Anna Elizabeth van der Veen (66), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius (Antoon) van Daal (61), Haps (N.Br.)

• 1874 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1877 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet († 1943)
• 1878 » A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer († 1957)
• 1878 » Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator († 1961)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)
• 1883 » Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic († 1961)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)
• 1884 » Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator († 1958)
• 1889 » M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India († 1963)
• 1891 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania († 1948)

• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)

• 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.
• February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.

The temperature on January 4, 1883 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.