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• Aaltje Padding, HOLLANDSCHEVELD (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1954)
• Albertus Kleverlaan, Bergen
• Aaltje Voortman († 1974)
• Adriaan Constant Canter Cremers, Harlingen,Gemeente Harlingen,Friesland,Netherlands († 1932)
• Aaltje LAMMERTS, Schoonoord, Sleen, Drenthe, NL
• Alida Cornelie Maltha, Schiedam († 1957)
• Adriaan Constant Canter Cremers, Harlingen († 1932)
• Alfred Fink, Pleschen, Wlkp., Poland († 1883)
• Adrianus Denissen, Rucphen (NL)
• Adrianus Johannes van Dalen, Delfshaven († 1887)

• Doodgeboren dochter Vreys (0), Geel, België
• Carolus Van Grunderbeeck (66), Meerbeek (3078) – Vlaams Brabant –, België
• Catharina Johanna Steeneken (32), Rotterdam
• Cornelius Van Grunderbeeck (66)
• Arie van den Berg (68), Rhoon
• Benjamin BATES (17), Queensland, Australia
• Anthonis Gerardus Keultjens (54), Rotterdam
• de Groot Marchien (54), alteveer
• Christiana Kauffman (24), Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• Alfred Fink (0), Pleschen, Wlkp., Poland

• 1873 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer († 1958)
• 1874 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer († 1920)
• 1883 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach († 1972)
• 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1889 » Dietrich Kraiß, German general († 1944)
• 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)
• 1890 » Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines († 1956)
• 1892 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet († 1978)
• 1892 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1953)
• 1894 » Bobby Cruickshank, American golfer († 1975)

• 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (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 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

The temperature on November 16, 1883 was about 2.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.