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• Aaltje van den Brink, De Bilt
• Aaltje Wieland, Terneuzen, ZE Netherlands († 1958)
• Angenita Hermina Francina Fuchs, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Adrianus Willemsen, Baarle-Nassau
• Aart van Beek, Apeldoorn († 1964)
• Aantje Andriesd Wink, Werkendam, nb.nld († 1955)
• Albert van Lohuizen, Horsthoek (Heerde)
• Anna Maria Van Vulpen, Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland († 1917)
• Aaldert de With (Wit), Joure († 1978)
• Anna Maria Carolina Trentepohl, Amsterdam († 1967)

• Adriana Catharina van den Berg (83), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Annigje Knol (53), Dedemsvaart, Ambt Hardenberg
• ANNA VONS (80), VLAARDINGEN
• Antje BAKKER (46), Ilpendam
• Adriana Catharina van den Berg (83), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Annigje Knol (53), Dedemsvaart, Gemeente Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barta Elthink (67), Utrecht
• Anna Dorothea van Straalen (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Volker (5), Sliedrecht
• Antje Bakker (46), Kwadijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1876 » Yusuf Akçura, Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism († 1935)
• 1884 » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge († 1953)
• 1884 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet and author († 1958)
• 1885 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1891 » Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author († 1987)
• 1891 » Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator († 1969)
• 1894 » Warren William, American actor († 1948)
• 1895 » Harriet Cohen, English pianist († 1967)
• 1897 » Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general († 1982)
• 1897 » Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist († 1987)

• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
• 1859 » John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (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.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• 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 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on December 2, 1883 was about 3.9 °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 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.