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• Aleida Elisabeth Meischke, Batavia,Ja,NOI († 1956)
• Alida Stijntjes, Wildervank († 1885)
• Adrianus Slijkerman, Zijpe († 1958)
• Adolph Ferdinand Wendholt, St. Henry, Indiana († 1971)
• Alida Schrama, Zuidhaffel († 1952)
• Adriaan Weijdt, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Verhoef, De Bilt († 1883)
• Aime BOUTEN, Poelkapelle,8920,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie († 1918)
• Albertus Johannes van Dam, noordwijk († 1945)
• van Vugt, Hilligersberg

• Anna Ericsdotter (80), Stockholm, Pepin, Wisconsin, United States
• Aloïs Polidoor Marie Joseph VERLENDE (0), Slijpe, 35018, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Van de Kamp (0), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Verhoef (0), De Bilt
• Anthonie Adriaan Jonkheer van Oldenbarnevelt-Witte Tullin (77), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Bekkers (36), Westerhoven, 4389, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Arendje Dani‰ls (72)
• Abraham Marcus (86), Zaltbommel
• Aaltje Jansen (72)
• Aafke Klaases Westra (3)

• 1871 » Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1927)
• 1873 » Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS Titanic († 1912)
• 1877 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist († 1947)
• 1878 » Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor († 1936)
• 1885 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal († 1953)
• 1885 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1887 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1889 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist († 1976)
• 1893 » Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1893 » Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher († 1934)

• 1849 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) (b. 1797)
• 1862 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1787)
• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)
• 1873 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)

• 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 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
• 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 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

The temperature on February 7, 1883 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.