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• Agatha Verduin (Verduijn), Akersloot († 1968)
• Abraham Teljeur, Leiden
• Abraham Teljeur, Leiden
• Alonzo Ephriam Whitworth, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States († 1979)
• "Went" Wendelina Kluitman, Babberich († 1963)
• Adriana Minderhoud, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1966)
• Abraham Brouwer, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)
• Ankje Woudsma, Oldetrijne, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Adriana Kramer, Bunnik († 1884)
• Allegonda-Maria de Craen, Princenhage, Nederland († 1968)

• Arnold Driesmans (75), Hoepertingen, België
• Abraham van Houten (47), Leiden
• Arie Mout (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arijdina Wilhelmina Wuijster (59), Schiedam
• Arie Nicolaas Verveen (58), Leerdam
• Antoon Janssen (31), Wanroij, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van der Hek (39), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Brugt Edzers Roelinga (64), Jubbega Schurega
• Groot, Egmond-Binnen
• Aaltje Westerink (0), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1872 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 1940)
• 1873 » J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter († 1932)
• 1874 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist († 1929)
• 1875 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library († 1960)
• 1880 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer († 1951)
• 1885 » Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist († 1969)
• 1885 » Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Japanese author († 1976)
• 1886 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot († 1937)
• 1889 » Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank († 1980)
• 1892 » Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director († 1970)

• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
• 1860 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)

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 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
• November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

The temperature on May 12, 1883 was about 11.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.