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• Anthonie van Spronsen, 's Gravenzande († 1886)
• Alexander Hardie 'Alex' Forman Jr., Grafton, Taylor, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
• Suls Sophia, Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België († 1885)
• Aagje van der Ploeg, Workum, Workum (Frl) († 1930)
• Albertus Auwens, Megen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Temple († 1969)
• Aloijsius van Tilborg, Tilburg
• Andreas Dijck, Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• ANTONIE VAN SPRONSEN, 'S-GRAVENZANDE († 1886)
• Anna Cornelia van den Hoven, Loon op Zand

• Antje Algers Huizinga (74), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Barbe Meijs (49), Roermond, Lim, Nederland
• arie KOORNEEF (0), brielle(ZH)
• Anna Henrietta Ronner (75), Alkmaar
• Antonius van Pruijssen (0), Tilburg
• Arie Amerik Schaap (59), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria van Rijn (0), "s Gravenhage
• Anna Maria Catharina van den Broek (0), Delft
• Anna Katharina Josepha Hanssen (67), Ubach over Worms (L
• SPILLEBEEN (0), Liège, Belgique

• 1877 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician († 1971)
• 1883 » Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter († 1969)
• 1883 » Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic († 1957)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic († 1920)
• 1890 » Egon Schiele, Austrian soldier and painter († 1918)
• 1892 » Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright († 1982)
• 1895 » Eugénie Brazier, French chef († 1977)
• 1897 » Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1977)
• 1899 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1899 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist († 1968)

• 1818 » Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
• 1841 » Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)

• 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 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
• January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

The temperature on June 12, 1883 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.