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• Adrianus Gerardus Maria van Niekerk, Delft († 1941)
• Ouwerkerk
• Adriana de Kruif, Vlijmen († 1883)
• Adriana Dam, Oud-en Nieuw Gastel († 1884)
• Adrianus Gerardus Maria van Niekerk, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Anthoni Braam, "s-Gravenpolder
• Anna Maria Palm, Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1891)
• Adriana de Kruif, Vlijmen († 1883)
• Anna Maria Bartz, Chicago, Illinois († 1956)
• Allegonda Johanna van den Eventuin, Beek en Donk († 1955)

• Antonius Gerardus van Kaam (0), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Albertus Cornelis van der Meer (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bareld Wiebes Wiebenga (27), Oldeboorn, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Hendriks Otter (41), Haskerland
• Albert Benjamin Decap (72), Leke
• Arendje van den BERG Adr (61), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Arendje Berg, van den (61), Oude-Tonge
• André Mathieu Melms (0), Harderwijk
• Anne Oldersma (56), Appelscha
• Anne Lieuwes Oldersma (56), Ooststellingwerf

• 1872 » Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland († 1949)
• 1872 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer († 1928)
• 1880 » Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author († 1966)
• 1882 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge († 1937)
• 1883 » Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter († 1965)
• 1884 » Anna Vyrubova, Russian author († 1964)
• 1887 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1888 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1888 » Percy Kilbride, American actor († 1964)
• 1889 » Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author († 1953)

• 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)

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.
• 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.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on July 16, 1883 was about 12.5 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.