About the day » Monday August 13, 1883Calender converter

• Aloysius Dewulf(geboren Pieters), Klerken West-Vlaanderen België († 1887)
• Adriana Bakker, Alkemade († 1952)
• Adriana Voets, Boxtel († 1885)
• Anna Josephina Maria Julia Paquay, Bilzen, Provincie Limburg, België
• Alois Dewulf, Klerken († 1887)
• Anna de Jong, Groningen († 1952)
• Alida Kristina Hootsen, Zeist
• * Diderika Johanna van Andel, Gorinchem († 1968)
• Adrien Milders, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje Boer, Giethoorn († 1975)

• Anna Petronella Duijndam (0), Heemstede
• Antoon Verrijdt, Deest
• Anna Maria Biemond (0), Hillegersberg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella DUIJNDAM (0), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Verweij (0), Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Teuntje SPLINTER (38), Mijdrecht
• Albertus Ter Pelle (78), Deventer, 7411, Nederland
• Antonia Splinter (38), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Franciscusd Spaan (0), Amsterdam, nh.nld
• Anne Maria Biemond (0), Hillegersberg

• 1872 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1942)
• 1879 » John Ireland, English composer and educator († 1962)
• 1884 » Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach († 1957)
• 1888 » Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor († 1975)
• 1888 » John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television († 1946)
• 1889 » Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal († 1958)
• 1895 » Bert Lahr, American actor († 1967)
• 1895 » István Barta, Hungarian water polo player († 1948)
• 1898 » Jean Borotra, French tennis player († 1994)
• 1898 » Regis Toomey, American actor († 1991)

• 1826 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)

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 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on August 13, 1883 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.