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• Anna de Boer, Roden(D)
• Adriana Lena Blaak, Zuid-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1947)
• Arnoldus Johannes Jonas, Maastricht († 1889)
• Andre Victor Charles Lamers, Madalengka (Cheribon)
• Adriana Johanna van Eggelen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Betje LEVIE, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Arie van Diermem, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1947)
• Antonius van Erp, Geffen
• Alida Sinia
• Anna DE BOER, Roden Drenthe Netherlands († 1975)

• Antony van Rijssen (70), Riele, Diepenveen
• Antje Kootstra (20), Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen)
• Teatske Albertus Slottje (0), utingeradeel
• Albert Sipkes Rienks (66), Rotterdam
• Aalbert van der Vliet (54), Ouder-Amstel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Blonk (29), Zwammerdam
• Antony van Rijssen (70), Diepenveen
• Aaldert van der Vliet (54), Ouder Amstel
• Aagje la Feber, Leiden
• Adele Delamotte (82), Corbeil-Essonnes, Essone, Frankrijk

• 1872 » Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player († 1906)
• 1875 » Arthur Currie, Canadian general († 1933)
• 1879 » Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation († 1954)
• 1881 » René Cresté, French actor and director († 1922)
• 1886 » Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician († 1937)
• 1886 » Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands († 1968)
• 1886 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author († 1968)
• 1890 » David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic († 1957)
• 1890 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1891 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic († 1951)

• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)

• 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 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
• November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

The temperature on December 5, 1883 was about 1.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.