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• Albert Meijerink, Loozen († 1884)
• Adrianus Kesteren Van, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 1966)
• Aart van Triest, Elburg († 1883)
• Hoek, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1883)
• Lucia Johanna Matthijssen, Huissen († 1966)
• Akkelina Hoekstra, Bedum († 1946)
• Adriana Maria Beljaars, Ooltgensplaat, Holland († 1952)
• Adrianus Jilles van Kesteren, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1966)
• Adriana Maria Beljaars, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Verkamman, Tholen gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED

• ?? Pitlo (0), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Anthonie LEEUWEN,VAN, Rijswijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Lauwerina Kanters (22), Werkendam
• Aloysius Joos (33), Tourcoing France
• Aaltje Flik (7), Uffelte
• de Wit (0), Zuidscharwoude
• Anna Margaretha - Maria Leisdonk (77), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (77), Barger-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe. Nederland
• Prijs (0), Maurik (GL)
• Anne Marie Joseph HIGNE (35), AYWAILLE, Liège, Belgique

• 1870 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany († 1944)
• 1872 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer († 1915)
• 1874 » Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer († 1948)
• 1878 » Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina († 1970)
• 1878 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian († 1967)
• 1880 » Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor († 1940)
• 1881 » Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic († 1944)
• 1882 » Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Albania († 1965)
• 1882 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1961)
• 1883 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher († 1931)

• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)
• 1855 » Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)
• 1882 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)

• 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.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 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.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on January 6, 1883 was about 4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.