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• Alberdina Johanna Klok, Steenwijksmoer († 1926)
• Anne Bronsdijk, Norg († 1935)
• Alberdina Johanna Klok, Steenwijksmoer, gem. Coevorden, Nederland († 1926)
• Anna Clasina Elisabeth Meijer, Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1963)
• Aalbert Fransen, Hien gemeente Dodewaard († 1963)
• Adrianus Franciscus Oosterbos, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1950)
• Anna Maria van Woerkom, Sloten († 1958)
• Anna Yntema, Langweer, Frieslans), Nederland († 1941)
• Anna Oddens, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Alida Schut, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Anne Serné (Sernee) (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hamers (0), Loon op Zand
• Betje Schweidt (77), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas van Breemen (71), Groesbeek
• Adrianus Voogt (1), Rozenburg
• Anna Theresia Deghieter (80), Oudenburg
• Barber Koning (23), Sloten
• C(Christina) Ottenhof (18), Ootmarsum
• Anne Wolfson (49), Amersfoort
• Alva Owen (80), Maysville, Benton, Arkansas, United States

• 1870 » Alexander Berkman, Lithuanian-American activist and author († 1936)
• 1870 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician († 1946)
• 1870 » Stanley Jackson, English cricketer and politician († 1947)
• 1876 » Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator († 1939)
• 1877 » Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator († 1933)
• 1878 » Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice († 1949)
• 1886 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician († 1968)
• 1894 » Cecil M. Harden, American politician († 1984)
• 1897 » Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist († 1980)
• 1898 » René Magritte, Belgian painter († 1967)

• 1859 » Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
• 1861 » Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
• 1870 » Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
• 1874 » Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)
• 1899 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
• 1908 » Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
• 1909 » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)

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.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• 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 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.

The temperature on November 21, 1883 was about 7.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.