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• Anna Maria Vermeer, Haskerland (Frl)
• Anna Catharina Amsing, Groningen († 1940)
• Aaltje Antonia Edens, Bellingwolde,, Groningen, Nederland († 1960)
• (Stillborn) SMIT, Oostdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1883)
• Anna Maria van der Loop, Schaijk, Nederland
• Angela Petronilia Martis, Bonaire († 1948)
• Alexander Cornelis van der Leek, Rotterdam († 1957)
• Anna Maria Vermeer, Joure, 8500, Nederland († 1971)
• Goossens, Middelbeers
• Alphonsus Joannes Beinaerts, Ekeren († 1883)

• Antonia van Buul (0), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartha Bouwknegt (55), Barsbeek, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham de Vlieger (69), Zuidzande
• Ariana Krumer (71), Hoorn
• Antje Heijblok (28), Den Helder
• Bartha Jannes Bouwknegt (55), Barsbeek (Vollenhove, Ambt)
• Adriaan Nelisse (0), Tholen gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Antonia van Buel (0), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ariana Dirks Kramer (71), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Huibert Nelemans (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)
• 1883 » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland († 1942)
• 1885 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia († 1967)
• 1887 » Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1892 » Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician († 1951)
• 1892 » Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician († 1934)
• 1892 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian poet and author († 1968)
• 1892 » Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter († 1968)

• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)

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.
• February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
• March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• 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.

The temperature on May 31, 1883 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.