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• Alida Cornelia Hoogland, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Adriana Jacoba Timmermans, Schiedam († 1923)
• Adolphe Woestyne, Zwevezele († 1961)
• Anna Angenita Cornelia Hekhuijsen (Hekhuizen), Den Haag {ZH} ('s Gravenhage) († 1961)
• Alphonsus Marie Joseph van Rooij, Rotterdam († 1948)
• Alverda L. Kennison, Nemaha County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 1903)
• Adrianus Johannes Van Herpen, Drunen, Nederland
• Albert Willms, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1973)
• Adriana Johanna Cornelia Akkermans, Oosterhout, Gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Albert Godlieb, Wagenborgen, Groningen, Nederland († 1884)

• Catharina Elisabeth Rogier (2), Amsterdam
• Bartel Johannes Mooij (31), Amsterdam
• Berend Hoezen (74), Odoorn,Drenthe,Niederlande,Valthermussel
• Amelia Somers (64), Herentals
• Aaltje Tjerks Oostra (91), Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Bernardus SCHUDDINCK (76), Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Christina Wilhelmina Gostelie (78), 's Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Tjerks Oostra (91), Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Hop (0), Westerbork, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha BLANKERTZ (58), Geneicken, Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

• 1878 » Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist († 1951)
• 1881 » Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1883 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet († 1953)
• 1883 » Charles Demuth, American painter († 1935)
• 1884 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1922)
• 1885 » Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic († 1966)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1885 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines († 1946)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)

• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)

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.
• February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.

The temperature on November 8, 1883 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.