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• Aleida Harmina de Roos, Kotten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoon Krythe, Oldehove, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands
• Amelia Tessens, Herenthout, België († 1884)
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• Albertje Steenhuis, Hellum (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1961)
• Doedens
• Albertus Liebregt, Zwolle († 1959)
• Anna Louise Elisabeth van Riemsdijk, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland († 1958)
• Antonia Everdina van Es, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1884)
• Alfred Max Topp, Halle, Duitsland

• Anna Vennix (47), Casteren
• Arien van Norel (noorel) (55), Epe
• Annigje Peeneman (30), Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Hulst (60), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Lammerts Zoet (67), Doornspijk
• Arie Van Norel (50), Epe,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Anna Wilhelmina van Hulten (88), Avenhorn
• Antoon de Boer (32), Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA)
• Aart Zoet (67), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Aard Zoet (67), Doornspijk (Elburg)

• 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)
• 1884 » John Carpenter, American sprinter († 1933)
• 1885 » Mason Phelps, American golfer († 1945)
• 1885 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter († 1919)
• 1887 » Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1888 » Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician († 1991)
• 1888 » Joyce Cary, Irish novelist († 1957)
• 1892 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic († 1964)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

• 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.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• 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.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
• November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
• November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

The temperature on December 7, 1883 was about -4.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.