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• Antonius van der Maat, Schijndel († 1967)
• Anna Maria Kriesels, Etten-Leur († 1972)
• Abraham De Isaac Haim Fieijra, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Antonius Gijsbers, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1884)
• alicia MAHIEU, Wasmes (Belgium)
• Adrianus Johannes Zuijderwijk, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Joannes Voeten, Baarle-Hertog, België
• Aartje van Breda, Ingen († 1884)
• antje hagenouw, finsterwolde († 1884)
• alice élise désirée CAUFRIER, Wasmes (Belgium) († 1915)

• Aagje Pannekoek (43), Asperen
• Anna Susanna Stadman (10), Driebergen
• Antonius Daniel Geerling (16), Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland
• Antonia Blok (90), Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (42), Volendam
• Aalt Polman (0), De Bilt
• Abraham David Hamburg (72), Zutphen {GE}
• Aagje SCHUITEMAKER (69), Broek In Waterland, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Schuitemaker (69), Broek in Waterland
• Anna Cornelia Boeren (80), Meer, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België

• 1876 » Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist († 1944)
• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)
• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)
• 1883 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler († 1966)
• 1886 » Spring Byington, American actress († 1971)
• 1889 » Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author († 1988)
• 1890 » Roy Kilner, English cricketer († 1928)

• 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)

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.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.

The temperature on October 17, 1883 was about 12.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.