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• Ana Josefa da Silva, Natércia, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1947)
• ALFRED ODOUX, Halluin, 59250 († 1973)
• Alberta de Beijer, Gendt (Lingewaard) († 1944)
• Abraham Marinus Bloklander, 's-Gravenhage († 1883)
• Adriana Scheffers, Rotterdam
• Anna Christina van Noort, Noordwijkerhout
• Alberta de Beijer, Gendt, Nederland († 1944)
• Aart STRAVERS, Lexmond († 1885)
• Aleida Helene Nijhuis, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus KROMBOS, Apeldoorn (Brink en Orden), Gelderland, Nederland († 1883)

• Anna Maria Roumen (77), Linne
• Albert Bentley (55), Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Alijda Gabriël (74), Renkum
• Aafke Goitzens Luimstra (37), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Bouman (61), Veenendaal
• Herbers (0), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Marguarite Knapen (73), Buvingen, België
• Aartje van Niekerk (84), Kapel-Avezaath
• Anja Jacobs Glas (78), Gemeente Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje Halfschepel (80), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1874 » Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1874 » Sidney Toler, American actor and director († 1947)
• 1876 » Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman († 1938)
• 1878 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director († 1954)
• 1886 » Art Shaw, American hurdler († 1955)
• 1886 » Erich Salomon, German-born news photographer († 1944)
• 1888 » Walter Tull, English footballer and soldier († 1918)
• 1889 » António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1970)
• 1896 » Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter († 1948)
• 1896 » Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic († 1963)

• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
• 1858 » Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
• 1865 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (b. 1787)
• 1881 » Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
• 1883 » John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
• 1902 » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (b. 1839)
• 1905 » Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)

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.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on April 28, 1883 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.