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• Anna Cornelia van der Kroft, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Adriaan De Dreu, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1883)
• Aafje Pieterdr Langedijk, Noord-Scharwoude, North Holland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Adriana Kaspers, Amersfoort, Nederland
• Alida Wilhelmina van Dragt, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aafke Herwich, Eenum ('t Zandt) († 1973)
• Anna Josephina Stans, Lommel
• Angenietje Huisman, Drachten († 1964)
• Adrianus de Kruijf, Maarssen († 1884)
• Aaltje Klomp, Heerde († 1972)

• Antje Rinzes Veenstra (31), Workum
• Aartje Pruijsen (82), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Bartelina van de Zande (71), Zonnemaire
• Bregje Stolp (63), Ilpendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abigail M. Foster (12), Mercer County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Wolfs, Baardwijk
• Berend de Haan (72), Epe
• Anna Maria Wolfs (77), Baardwijk
• Anna Barendina Bleijerveen (van Blijderveen) (0), Nigtevecht
• Catharina Pluijm (71)

• 1875 » Matt McGrath, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1941)
• 1878 » Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician, 4th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1953)
• 1879 » Paul Klee, Swiss-German painter and educator († 1940)
• 1882 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer, designed the Salta–Antofagasta railway († 1950)
• 1884 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist, co-founded clinical pharmacology († 1942)
• 1886 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager († 1961)
• 1887 » Bhikhari Thakur, Indian actor, singer, and playwright († 1971)
• 1888 » Gladys Cooper, English actress and singer († 1971)
• 1888 » Robert Moses, American urban planner († 1981)
• 1890 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio († 1954)

• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)
• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)

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.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
• 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 December 18, 1883 was about 1.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.