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• Aart Jan Kruithof, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Henderika Buddenberg, Avereest {OV}
• Albert Moltman, Sibculo († 1901)
• Adolph Karl Loui LIPPERT
• van der Ven, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1883)
• Anna de Vogel, Nieuwveen, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriana van de Louw, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Alfred Jozef Johan Wubbe, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1942)
• Albertus Arnoldus Apeldoorn, Amersfoort († 1952)
• Alida Adriana Verhaar, Eemnes († 1886)

• Adriana Maria van Dillen (69), Culemborg
• Aris Groenendijk (1), Dirksland
• Arie Johannes Rotteveel (56), Rotterdam
• Armgard van Schulenburg (84), Zehlendorf, Berlijn
• agathe célénie zélie RICHARD (41), Dour (Belgium) Hainaut
• Berendina Bannink (78), Mossel (Vorden)
• Anna Elisabeth Weckhuyzen (79), Herselt
• van der Ven (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthony Kalkman (58), Brielle
• Bruno van Guyse (86), Stekene, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)
• 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
• 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
• 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
• 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
• 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
• 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
• 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
• 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
• 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)

• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)

• 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.
• February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
• May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on August 16, 1883 was about 16.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.