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• Adriana Maartense, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1967)
• Albertina de Roover, Putte, Antwerpen, België
• Alida KUIJS, Castricum
• Aartje Gerritsen, Meerveld (Apeldoorn) († 1958)
• Albertien VAN DER LAAN, Borger, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1909)
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• Aaltje Schenkel, Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• Alicia KUIJS, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriana Schellekens, Gilze-Rijen
• Adriana Maria van Kuijk, Halsteren († 1884)

• Akke Pieters van der Lune (32)
• Aaltje Vos (75), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pen (39), Kalenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aale Dijk (25), Veldhausen, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Albert Harm Weerman (66), Vastenow/Emmen
• Aaltje Vos (75), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Albert Harmsz Weerman (66), Emmen, Drente, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Gerrit-Jansz Vos (75), Huizen
• Albert Weerman (66), Noordbarge, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abram Theodorus Van Uffelen (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1871 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player († 1969)
• 1877 » George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman († 1968)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1961)
• 1881 » Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic († 1940)
• 1885 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1889 » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic († 1979)
• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)
• 1893 » Alexander of Greece († 1920)
• 1894 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist († 1927)
• 1898 » Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director († 1980)

• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)
• 1863 » Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)
• 1866 » John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)

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.
• 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.
• 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 run of the Orient Express.
• 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 August 1, 1883 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.