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• Aagje Valk, Zwartewaal († 1960)
• Aartje Windhouwer, Amersfoort
• Adrianus Leonardus Vermeer, Goirle, Nederland († 1971)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Hamond, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Helena Maria Stolk, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Agnes (Aggie) de Vries, Pella, Marion County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Adrianus Arnoldus van Hamond, Boxtel, Nederland († 1975)
• Aleida ten Voorde, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agina Haijkens, Groningen († 1885)
• Adolf Jocob Kuba, Schrimm, Wlkp., Poland († 1941)

• Albert Ernest Frank Loveland (0), Sandhurst, Victoria., Australia
• Adriana van der Pligt Plicht (72), Barendrecht
• Posthuma (0), Nijkerk (Oostdongeradeel)
• * Adriana Baars (0), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Adriaan Haster (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Mary Money
• Adriana Maria Boef (0), Benschop
• Aafje Olie (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Appelmans (0)
• Anna Petronella Maria van Roessel (1), Tilburg

• 1869 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna († 1918)
• 1869 » Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author († 1944)
• 1873 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York († 1944)
• 1878 » William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, 7th Premier of Alberta († 1943)
• 1879 » Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher († 1950)
• 1883 » Archer Baldwin, American-English farmer and politician († 1966)
• 1883 » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1960)
• 1884 » Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)
• 1887 » William Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner and coach († 1967)
• 1890 » Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico (1952-1958) who granted women the right to vote. († 1973)

• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
• 1928 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.

The temperature on December 30, 1883 was about -0.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.