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• Albertus Josephus Wildenburg, Gouda († 1981)
• Albertus Johannes van den Vredeling, Den Haag († 1883)
• Amy Coombs Martin, Kadina, South Australia
• Anna Justina Simons, Wilmarsdonk
• Albert Roos, de, Sauwerd, Adorp († 1934)
• Antonius Hubertus Oosterwaal, Raamsdonkveer († 1949)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Gorlee, Haarlemmermeer († 1883)
• Anna Elizabeth Onderdijk, Oosterland gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1967)
• "Robert" Achille André Marie du Breil de Pontbriand, Paris († 1918)
• Aleida Gerritdina Velner, Almelo, Stad

• Alice Viola Miller (0)
• Albert Nienhuis (29), North Sea
• Abe Christiaans Visser (28), op zee
• Alfred Robert Terrell (52), Stilesville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
• Aaltje Dekker (63), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna van Beresteyn (21), Batavia
• Aaltje Aalts Smit (72), Oldebroek, Gld. Nederland
• Almtje Geerts Barghuis (79), Zuidbroek
• Maatje Menheere (75), Sint Maartensdijk
• Age Nuttes de Jong (26), op zee

• 1879 » Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player († 1962)
• 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
• 1882 » Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer († 1956)
• 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)
• 1885 » Ring Lardner, American journalist and author († 1933)
• 1886 » Jam Handy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1983)
• 1886 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian († 1971)
• 1892 » Bert Smith, English international footballer, right half († 1969)
• 1893 » Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist († 1987)
• 1893 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)

• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)
• 1919 » Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)

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.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• 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 run of the Orient Express.

The temperature on March 6, 1883 was about 2.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.