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• Ann Miriam Reid, Welcome, Hanover, Jamaica († 1898)
• Adriana van der Bol, Monster
• Anna Cornelia Jacoba Mes, Gorinchem
• Aagje den Dulk († 1963)
• Adrianus Stoof, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Agnes Theresia Elizabeth Thuring, Naarden († 1975)
• "Hans Babo" Otto Ferdinand von Rohr, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Allemagne († 1914)
• Anthonie de Hoog, Delft († 1958)
• Anna Catharina le Maire, Dordrecht († 1915)
• Adriana Van Der BOL, Monster

• Anna Pieters Smit (73), Hoogeveen
• Aartje Harttenroth (41), Brielle
• Antoon Carel Hendrik Seijffer (50), 's Gravenhage
• Adrianus Fabri (70), Turnhout, België
• Antonius van Haren (1), Beesd, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anneke van ACQUOOIJ (1), Gameren
• Antoon Carel Hendrik Seijffer (49), Den Haag
• Anneke van Acquooij (1), Gameren
• Annie Louise Crotty (7), 29 Van Anden St., Auburn, NY
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• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)
• 1890 » Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter († 1973)
• 1892 » Pavel Korin, Russian painter († 1967)
• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)

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.
• May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• 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 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on July 8, 1883 was about 17.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.