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• Antje Aukes de Boer, Westergeest († 1948)
• Antonia Dorothea Maria Kint, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Afien Vroom, Groningen,Gemeente Groningen,Groningen,Nederland († 1924)
• Adriana Hartman, voorschoten
• Anna SARDEMAN, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gerrits, Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Smits, Ossendrecht
• Aaltje (Alice) Achterhof, Kloosterburen, Groningen, Nederland († 1973)
• Antonetta Theuns, Roosendaal, Nispen († 1883)
• Albert Lukkien, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• Anna Theresia Vandaele (70), Handzame
• Anna Gesina Dirkes (59), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Casper Leonard van Gulden (67), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• van Weersel (0), Ootmarsum
• Antonius Lambrechts (52), Meer, Provincie Antwerpen
• * Johanna Geertruida Hendriks (12), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Albertus Wijkhuizen (0), Haarlem
• Adriaan Duijvekam (28), Loon op Zand
• Arendje Vlieland (1), Katwijk aan Zee, Nederland
• Anna Catharina VERHESEN (70), Halle, Zoersel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium

• 1875 » Alice Dunbar Nelson, American poet and activist († 1935)
• 1876 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1972)
• 1877 » Arthur Fielder, English cricketer († 1949)
• 1881 » Friedrich Dessauer, German physicist and philosopher († 1963)
• 1883 » Max Fleischer, Austrian-American animator and producer († 1972)
• 1886 » Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1957)
• 1888 » Enno Lolling, German physician († 1945)
• 1890 » George II of Greece († 1947)
• 1892 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1957)
• 1893 » Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian actor, playwright, and poet († 1930)

• 1838 » Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (b. 1810)
• 1855 » Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet and translator (b. 1787)
• 1857 » Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1847)
• 1896 » Abraham H. Cannon, American publisher and religious leader (b. 1859)
• 1913 » Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1852)
• 1925 » John Indermaur, British lawyer (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1844)
• 1933 » Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1863)

• 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 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
• 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.

The temperature on July 19, 1883 was about 17.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.