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• Adrianus van Meel, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1955)
• Albertus Arnoldus Hazebroek-, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 1884)
• aline DELSAUT, Cuesmes (Belgium) († 1966)
• Alida van der Waal, Ridderkerk, Nederland († 1884)
• Alma Josephine JOHNSON, Batavia Kane County Illinois U.S.A († 1974)
• Aagje Adriana Steenhoek, Maasdam, 3299, Nederland († 1931)
• van Zanten, Hoofdplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1883)
• Antonius Bernardus Grimberg, Harkstede (Slochteren-Gr) († 1885)
• Stevens, Beilen (Drenthe) († 1883)
• Anna Margaretha van Lieverlooij, Berghem († 1946)

• Anna Catherina Eggels (19), Buggenum
• van Zanten (0), Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Blokland (0), Sliedrecht,Gemeente Sliedrecht,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Bogers (0), Made en Drimmelen
• Albertus Hendrikus Wijburg (74), Tiel
• Amandus Josephus Couchez (61), Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België
• Kraaijeveld (0), Sliedrecht
• Anna Martinusdr v.Tol (63), Alkemade Gem
• Aplonia Hendrika Sprado (4), Paasloo
• Henstra

• 1872 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer († 1947)
• 1881 » Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1881 » Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect († 1948)
• 1886 » Ben Travers, English author and playwright († 1980)
• 1886 » Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer († 1975)
• 1889 » DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1981)
• 1890 » Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater († 1974)
• 1892 » Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor († 1958)
• 1894 » Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist († 1976)
• 1895 » Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player († 1984)

• 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)

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.
• January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
• 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.

The temperature on November 12, 1883 was about 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.