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• Aafke Prins, Nieuw Beerta († 1883)
• Adrianus Edmondus de Volder, Westmalle 2390, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Aaltje Bouma, Grouw Friesland Nederland († 1969)
• Aart van Orden, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albartus Fredericus Houweling, IJsselstein
• 00 Cornelis Baars, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Aaltje Bouma, Grouw, Friesland, Nederland († 1969)
• Aleida Berendina Hendrika Perebolt, Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Aaltje Mooij, Zijpe († 1961)
• Albert Philips, Aardscheveld (Assen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1883)

• Anna Gesina fenslage (80), Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• (Johanna) Aleida Wiggers (22), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Gesina - Maria Gesina - Gesina Fenslage (80), Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Albertus Ludovicus Mommens (62)
• Annechien Speelman (38), Wezup, Nederland
• Antonia van Oort (34), Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Filips Schuring (65), Zwartsluis
• Aaltje Aalfs Nijborg (0), Engelbert, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• , Leiden Minnehuis, 16.00 uur Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Groen (46), Rotsterhaule

• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1882 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor († 1946)
• 1887 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1888 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author († 1948)
• 1889 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and physician († 1948)
• 1893 » Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist and author († 1993)
• 1895 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer († 1924)

• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on February 20, 1883 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.