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• Albertus van Der Lee, Amerongen, Nederland († 1954)
• Albert OVING, Oosterhesselen,, NEDERLAND († 1945)
• Aaltje Huizinga, Noordbroek († 1944)
• Aaltje Klazes Wybenga, Wirdum
• Abraham Lincoln Howard, Charleston, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States of America († 1972)
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• Aleida Hendrika Johanna Braem, 's-Gravenwaard, Herwen en Aerdt, Nederland († 1894)
• Adriana Oosters, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus NUIJTEN, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1941)
• Albert Valentin Jean Joseph DECORTIS, Cheratte,Province de Liege,Walloon Region,Belgi

• Anthonie van Benthum (46), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berent Bouma (47), Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Berent Pieters Bouma (47), Ulrum
• Antonia Geertruda Rietveld (0), Haastrecht
• Alberta Maria Gerritsen (10), Deventer, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wakker (71), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Donders (20), Tilburg Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Hooijmans (43), Voorburg
• Adriana Pieternella Hooijmans (43), Voorburg
• Antje Sijes van der Woude (42), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1879 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor († 1954)
• 1883 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1888 » Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1892 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright († 1977)
• 1896 » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist († 1956)
• 1896 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist († 1952)
• 1898 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese politician († 1960)
• 1900 » Hans Stuck, German race car driver († 1978)
• 1901 » Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer († 1992)

• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
• 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)

• 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.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

The temperature on December 27, 1883 was about 3.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.