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• Adriaan Johannes Janssen, Oosterhout († 1884)
• Antje Harmina Gezina Middelveld, Stadskanaal († 1899)
• Adelina Scheffer, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1974)
• Alfred Decorte, Marchienne-au-Pont, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anne van Laar, Dokkum († 1915)
• Alida Brocaard
• Adrianus Johannes HERTOGH, Wouw
• Alexander Nansink, .Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Anna Maria PHILIPS, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1949)
• Anneke van de Waal, Ingen, Nederland († 1967)

• Adriaan van Outheusden (63), Hedikhuizen
• Aaltje (Hendriks) Spier (60), Wildervank
• Antje de Rijk (37), Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Berkhout (10), Hensbroek, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Idzes IDZINGA (63), Hantumhuizen (Westdongeradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Adriana Peek (0), Utrecht
• Adriaan van Oud Heusden (63), Hedikhuizen
• Aalt Aalten (0), Zeist, Utrecht, Nl
• Adriana Peek (0), Utrecht
• Anthonij de Jong (67), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1871 » Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer († 1955)
• 1872 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States († 1933)
• 1874 » John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania († 1952)
• 1880 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1975)
• 1881 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general († 1968)
• 1883 » Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer († 1970)
• 1887 » Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman († 1965)
• 1888 » Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer († 1945)
• 1895 » Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer († 1996)
• 1896 » Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic († 1981)

• 1857 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)
• 1881 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882 » Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
• 1886 » Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891 » Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902 » Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
• 1905 » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)

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.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
• November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

The temperature on July 4, 1883 was about 25.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.