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• Aafje de Ruiter, Wijk aan Zee, Gemeente Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Aldert (Alberto) Last, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Soetmulder, Rotterdam
• Akke van der Bos, Westhem († 1920)
• Alida Ploeg, 's-Gravenhage († 1890)
• Anje Oostinga, Harlingen († 1950)
• Aaltje Oppersma, Wolvega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Both, Waddinxveen
• Anna de Ruijter, Wijk a/Zee en Duin († 1972)
• Adriana van Esch, Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)

• August de Meijere (0), Eede
• Augustinus Henricus Stevens (0), Okegem
• Anna Sophia Ris (41), Schiedam
• Adrianus Nobel (63), Lekkerkerk
• Anna Johanna Mulder (0), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Lieuwes van der Meulen (46), Westdongeradeel
• annigje BLOM (87), bergambacht(ZH)
• Antonia Elisabeth Brouwers (66), Champion(België)
• Anne Fokkes Hoeksma (70), Augustinusga, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Felix Cremers (58), Hontenisse, Nederland

• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)
• 1890 » Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer († 1935)
• 1893 » Carol II of Romania († 1953)

• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)

• 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.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

The temperature on October 15, 1883 was about 12.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.