About the day » Tuesday March 6, 1883Calender converter

• Aafke Hendriks Herrema, Peins, Gem. Franekeradeel, Friesland, NL († 1911)
• Alice Amelia Quataert, Hoeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Adriana EVERS, Hoeven (Nb, Nl)
• (2) Margaretha Broekmans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1980)
• Anna Elizabeth Onderdijk, Oosterland gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1967)
• Anna Mallegrom, Klaaswaal († 1883)
• Amy Coombs Martin, Kadina, South Australia
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• Agie Herweyer, Missaukee, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Anna Maria Catharina Claes, Zepperen, België

• Adrianus GOMMERS (75), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaldert Marinus van Ernst (0), Wageningen
• Albert Johannes Nienhuis (28)
• Alice Viola Miller (0)
• Albert Nienhuis (29), North Sea
• Aaltje Gerrits Dekker (71), Nunspeet
• Aatze Lieuwes Koudenburg (65), op zee
• Albert Romkes (12), Verdronken op de Noordzee
• Abraham RAS (37), Op Zee
• Abel Buitjes (45), Zoutkamp, gem. Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• 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%.