About the day » Monday April 16, 1883Calender converter

• Anna Waij, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Alida Stolk, Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Alida Emma Mulder, Oosterdiep (gem. Veendam)
• Aaltje Bouman, Veenendaal-Gelders, Gelderland, Nederland († 1960)
• Achilles DEWULF, Vladslo († 1883)
• Adriana Jaspers, Rucphen
• Abraham Bijl, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)
• Anna Roberta Voûte, Klaten († 1907)
• Adriana Maria Van Schie, Noordwijk († 1883)
• Anna Margaretha WEVERS, Beegden, Limburg, Nederland

• Elisabeth Carolina Baert (0), Koewacht
• Antonetta Johanna Soeters (1)
• Anthonius PELGRUM (65), Apeldoorn, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie de Bie (0), Rossum
• Adriaan de Jonge (42), Zierikzee
• Alexandre Vanheeswijck (63), Boëlhe (Luik)(B)
• (1) Maria Gesina Husanna Halfschepel (29), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje KIEWIET (16), Vlagtwedde Groningen Netherlands
• Adrina van Hulst (69), Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Woudstra (0), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1878 » R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer († 1914)
• 1882 » Seth Bingham, American organist and composer († 1972)
• 1884 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician († 1963)
• 1885 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator († 1960)
• 1886 » Ernst Thälmann, German politician († 1944)
• 1886 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower († 1957)
• 1888 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1889 » Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 1977)
• 1890 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire († 1954)
• 1890 » Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator († 1979)

• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)

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 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.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
• 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 April 16, 1883 was about 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.