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• Spring in 't Velt, Nieuwveen
• Albert Zwaagstra, Kollumerzwaag, Friesland, Nederland († 1947)
• Albert Zwaagstra, Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1947)
• Alida Floor, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1959)
• Aloysius Bossle, Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland († 1884)
• Grootzwagers, Loon op Zand
• Agatha de Jager, Breukelen, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1963)
• Amatus Van Den Steen, Steenhuize-Wijnhuize, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Amandina Maes, Temse († 1886)
• Aartje van 't Einde, Speuld

• Christiaan Gustaaf Graaf van Holtzendorff (78), Dresden, Saksen
• Barbera Santelaar (63), Oud-Beijerland
• Douwe Ruurds Cuperus (Kuperus) (39), Holwerd, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• eefje van der Lijn (58), Amsterdam
• Caroline Quattlebaum (69), Sibley, Lincoln, Louisiana, United States
• Catharina Pakvis (0), Monster
• Barbara Santelaar (63), Oud-Beijerland
• Arthur Annesley (80)
• Akke Sytses Douma (72), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara Anthoniesdr Santelaar (63), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1874 » Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg († 1953)
• 1877 » Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge († 1954)
• 1878 » Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author († 1955)
• 1881 » Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler († 1920)
• 1884 » Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor († 1962)
• 1885 » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer († 1958)
• 1891 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle († 1944)
• 1891 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author († 1962)
• 1892 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist († 1978)

• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)

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 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• 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.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

The temperature on August 11, 1883 was about 17.2 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.