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• Anna Cornelia Wahlstrand, Rouxville, South Africa
• Alicia Maria DOOM, Koolskamp († 1948)
• Annigje Stokebrand, Vollenhove, Stad († 1888)
• Aagje Leendertsd Prins, Egmond aan Zee
• Agatha Maria Zwetsloot, Leiderdorp († 1961)
• Adriaan de Pagter, Westkapelle († 1965)
• Adriana den Tuinder, Maasdam
• Anna Maria Neufink, Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Alphonse Antoine Plevoets, Sint-Truiden, België († 1965)
• Anke Boven, Scheemda († 1946)

• Hendrik Abbenbroek (72), Brielle
• Aagje Soeteman (32), Herkingen
• Abraham Jacobs WASSENAAR (0), Minnertsga (Baarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Adrianus Spruit (21), Den Haag
• Aartje van Kuilenburg (25), Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Profijt (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• adriaantje de RAAT (73), rockanje
• Adriana Goebel (Gaebel) (65), Almkerk
• Aagje Alderts Visser (83), Krommenie, Nederland
• Aagje Pannekoek (43), Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)

• 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)
• 1876 » Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1913)
• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)
• 1890 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director († 1975)

• 1822 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:

• 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 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
• May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• 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 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

The temperature on October 16, 1883 was about 12.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.