About the day » Monday May 21, 1883Calender converter

• Albert Ringerwöle, Munsterscheveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Fiersen, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries Johannes Dreyer, Boterberg Philadelphia Cape South Africa († 1939)
• Adriana de Groot, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)
• Kok, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1883)
• Andries Jacobus Dreyer b4c2d4e2f5g3 († 1939)
• Alida Bogaert, Klerken
• Ada Shipard #8113*09, Colton, South Australia, Australia († 1965)
• Abeltje Andries Hoekstra, St. Annaparochie
• Aloysius Beernaert, Heldergem,9xxx,Oost-Vlaanderen,België

• ANTJE BROEK (84), VLAARDINGEN
• Antoon Smits (82), Batenburg
• Alberdina Cornelis Strijker (24), Zwartsluis, Nederland
• Alida Markus (0), Amsterdam
• Abraham de Vlieger (69), Zuidzande
• Aart VAN LITH (65), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Broek (84), Vlaardingen
• Albert Bellert (27), Apeldoorn (Broekland)
• Adriana Maria Meerman (2), Tholen
• Ann Richards (54), st mary's, isles of scilly

• 1873 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic († 1941)
• 1878 » Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer († 1930)
• 1880 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet († 1967)
• 1884 » Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1885 » Princess Sophie of Albania, (Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg) († 1936)
• 1893 » Arthur Carr, English cricketer († 1963)
• 1893 » Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant († 1969)
• 1895 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general, president (1934–1940) and father of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas († 1970)
• 1898 » Armand Hammer, American physician and businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum († 1990)
• 1898 » Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge († 1967)

• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)
• 1862 » John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
• 1879 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)

• 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 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on May 21, 1883 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.