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• Aaltje Jans Ekker, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove († 1884)
• Aaltje de Jong, Heerde († 1958)
• Alexander Voorrips, Rotterdam († 1883)
• Bakker, Rotterdam
• Adelard Bertrand
• Aaltje Ekker, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland († 1884)
• Anna Maria Keulen, Born, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham van Santen, Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1891)
• Andries Haagsma, Nijega († 1953)
• Allemtje Drenth, Winschoten (gem. Oldambt) († 1883)

• Antonie Johannes Marinus Laan van der (0), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Benjamin John De Vries (4), Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States
• Arie van Muiden (0), Leiderdorp
• Antonie Augustus SCHOTEL (0), Gouda
• Taks (0), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardina Henrietta Joanna Dorothea Russell (58), Zwolle, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Berend Okkes van Sellingen (60), Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Houkes Hoeksma (52), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Staub (38), Groß-Umstadt, Hessen, Deutschland
• Aaltje Gelderman (33), Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde)

• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)
• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)
• 1895 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited († 1974)
• 1899 » Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed; d. 1941)

• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)

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.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 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]].
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on January 7, 1883 was about -2.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.