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• Alphons Emanuël Maria Hoefnagels, Lent, Nederland
• Adriana Helena Maria MUISELAAR, 's-Gravenhage († 1969)
• Adolf van der Weerd, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• van Eldik, Valburg († 1883)
• Adrianus van der Logt, Etten-Leur (Etten-Leur) (Noord-Brabant)
• Albertus STAM, Dordrecht
• Adriana van der Gaag, Overschie
• Albert Westerdiep, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
• Adolf Briek, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriana van der Gaag, Overschie († 1959)

• Berber Huisman (0), Drachten
• Allbertus van Rennes (21), Veenendaal (U)
• Albert KOK (15), Zaandam
• Ambroise Pérusse (84), Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
• Baukje Jacobs HUMALDA (79), Anjum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie Marie Hekking (0), Soerabaja, Oost-Java
• Berber (Willems) Huisman (0)
• Alida Hermana ten Berge (2), Groningen, GR, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Jongh (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje de BONTE Adr (57), Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH

• 1878 » Joseph M. Schenck, Russian-American film producer († 1961)
• 1878 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Chevrolet († 1941)
• 1878 » Noël, Countess of Rothes, philanthropist, social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster († 1956)
• 1883 » Hana Meisel, Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and politician († 1972)
• 1883 » Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1975)
• 1884 » Evelyn Nesbit, American model and actress († 1967)
• 1884 » Samuel Berger, American boxer († 1925)
• 1886 » Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader († 1973)
• 1886 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and activist († 1918)
• 1887 » Conrad Hilton, American entrepreneur († 1979)

• 1868 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
• 1875 » Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)
• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)

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.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• 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 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.

The temperature on December 25, 1883 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.