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• Adriana Johanna Groenewegen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1884)
• Abraham Van Strijen, Hellevoetsluis, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriaanus Willems, Bergeijk
• Aaltje de Pater, Ottoland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Aart Davelaar, Garderbroek († 1884)
• Allegonda van Campfort, Bladel en Netersel († 1940)
• Aleida Francisca van Zijl, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Groenewegen, Naaldwijk († 1884)
• Agatha Clarina Bosman, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1894)

• aagje BENNE (1), oud-beijerland
• - Kram (0), Zuidwending, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Hoogerwerf (47), Tholen ZL
• Ariaantje van Beem (64), Sloten, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Nolle (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Wijsman (71), Soerabaja, Oost-Java, Indonesië
• Ariaantje van Beem (64), Sloterdijk, Nederland
• Anna Kommers (83), Raamsdonk
• Adriana Buije (39), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van GROOTVELD (69), Geldermalsen (Gld.)

• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer († 1974)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)
• 1883 » Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician († 1977)
• 1883 » Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1925)
• 1884 » John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1884 » Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor († 1987)
• 1888 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia († 1934)
• 1888 » Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general († 1967)
• 1889 » Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader († 1930)

• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

• 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 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
• October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.

The temperature on December 16, 1883 was about 3.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.