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• Aafke Meinderts Okkinga, Slappeterp († 1883)
• Andries van der Linden, Leiden
• Amelia Celina Van Oudenhove, Steenhuize-Wijnhuize, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Allert Bos, Uithuizen († 1958)
• Agatha Maria Luca, Utrecht {UT}
• Abraham Jacob van Oeveren, Colijnsplaaat († 1883)
• Albert Schutten, Hengelo
• Adrianus van de Heuvel, Schalkwijk († 1960)
• Alberik Lodewijk Karel MENGÉ, Heist
• Adriana de Ruiter, Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)

• Antonia Lauwerier (2)
• Adrianus Cornelis Groen (26), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus In 't VELD (51), Spijkenisse
• Aaltje Keur (1), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Smit (68), Willemsoord (Steenwijkerwold)
• Adrianus in't Veld (51), Spijkenisse
• Antje Klaasdr Smit (68), Willemsoord
• aria cornelia KRAAK (0), geervliet
• Antje Klasen Smit (68), Willemsoord (Steenwijkerwold)
• Adriaan Bos (81), Peursum

• 1874 » Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator († 1925)
• 1876 » Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland († 1963)
• 1878 » Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer († 1959)
• 1880 » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1959)
• 1883 » Jules Berry, French actor and director († 1951)
• 1885 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator († 1935)
• 1885 » Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author († 1960)
• 1889 » Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter († 1928)
• 1891 » Ronald Colman, English-American actor († 1958)
• 1892 » Peggy Wood, American actress († 1978)

• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)

• 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.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• 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 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on February 9, 1883 was about 7.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.