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• Aaltje Paalman, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1943)
• Andreas Wilhelmus de Kort, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Aaltje Douwes Plantinga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1883)
• Aart Speksnijders, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Bell, Oakfield († 1978)
• Adriana de De Jager, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Adrianus Jacobus den Ouden, Mierlo
• Adrianus Langeweg, Dordrecht († 1928)
• Adrianus LANGEWEG, Dordrecht († 1928)
• Maria Julianna Germana De Splentere, Loppem († 1959)

• Andrias Martinus Konings (60)
• Adriana Johanna VANDENBURG (46), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Alidoor Dewilde (0), Woumen
• Aaltje Ros (53), Dantumadeel
• Aaltje Haans Ros (53), Akkerwoude
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Olsthoorn (0), Stompwijk
• Lijten (0), Dongen (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Aaltje Haans Ros (53), Akkerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham van den Ham (5), Culemborg
• Anje Luijes Huizinga (70)

• 1869 » Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Poland († 1953)
• 1874 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1951)
• 1874 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1952)
• 1878 » Reza Shah, Iranian king († 1944)
• 1879 » Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist († 1963)
• 1886 » Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian-Greek painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1887 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health († 1961)
• 1887 » Marjorie Merriweather Post, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded General Foods († 1973)
• 1890 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and mountaineer († 1980)
• 1892 » James Basevi Ord, Mexican-American colonel († 1938)

• 1832 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)
• 1842 » Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1849 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Neeltje
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
16. Antje

• 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.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.

The temperature on March 15, 1883 was about -4.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.