About the day » Wednesday March 28, 1883Calender converter

• de Pee, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Heikens, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Adalberta Auth, Zirkenbach, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 1958)
• Alphonsus Franciscus Van Roosbroeck, Herenthout, België
• Andreas Johannesen Selliås, Snåsa, Nord-Trøndelag, Norge († 1966)
• de Weger, Oostellingwerf Oldeberkoop († 1883)
• Adriaan Schroevers, Arnemuiden, Nederland († 1884)
• LAMERS
• Aaltje Kuit, Amsterdam († 1971)
• Anne Klijnsma, Lemmer († 1942)

• Hinsenveld (0), Almelo
• Arie Apeldoorn (46), Bergen
• Antje Jans WESTENDORP (42), Elahuizen, gemeente Gaasterland-Sloten
• Antonius Joannes Arnoldus van den Eertwegh (78), Strijp
• Adriaan Schipper (34), Goes
• Angela Francisca Kindt (68), Ingelmunster West-Vlaanderen
• Albertus Michiels Grashuis (84), Breede
• Anna Maria Berkhout (66), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verdijk, Oeffelt
• Anna Hoeflaak (56), Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)
• 1879 » Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork († 1920)
• 1881 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper († 1918)
• 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)
• 1886 » Gustave Mesny, French general († 1945)
• 1890 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1967)
• 1892 » Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1892 » Tom Maguire, Irish general († 1993)
• 1893 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman († 1971)

• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
• 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
• 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

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.
• January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on March 28, 1883 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.