About the day » Thursday March 22, 1883Calender converter

• Anna VAN DALSUM, Bojonegoro
• * Leendert Antoon Pieter Lafeber, Gouda († 1947)
• Anna Gerdina Muijzert, Leiden
• , Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1899)
• Adriana Richardina Johanna Vermaat, 's-Gravenhage († 1971)
• HEESEN, Wertherbruch, NRW, DE († 1883)
• Andries de Boer, Achtkarspelen (Twijzel) (Friesland) († 1974)
• Agnes Allegonda Moonen, Rotterdam, prov. Zuid Holland
• Agnes Allegonda Moonen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Frederika Cnossen, Hemelum, Friesland, Nederland

• Aleida Struik (60), Rijssen
• Albert de Wit (79), Buren
• Vlaspolder (0), Rozenburg
• Anke Haverkamp (4), Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andreas DOLPHIJN (21), Nijmegen
• Aleida Schovers (2), Almelo Ambt
• Anna Catharina "Katrijna" (Everts) Zielstra of Zijlstra (82), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Schutstal (60), Enschede
• Anna (Catharina) Zielstra of Zijlstra (82), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina (Katrijna) (Catharina Everts) Zielstra (Sielstra) (81), Marum, Marum, Groningen, Nederland

• 1873 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter († 1939)
• 1880 » Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach († 1960)
• 1884 » Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician († 1951)
• 1884 » Lyda Borelli, Italian actress († 1959)
• 1885 » Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator († 1969)
• 1886 » August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia († 1963)
• 1887 » Chico Marx, American actor († 1961)
• 1890 » George Clark, American race car driver († 1978)
• 1892 » Charlie Poole, American country banjo player († 1931)
• 1892 » Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar († 1970)

• 1832 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1749)
• 1840 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)
• 1864 » Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
• 1896 » Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)
• 1913 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b.1864)
• 1913 » Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
• 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)

• 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 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
• 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 March 22, 1883 was about -3.1 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.