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• Albertus Arnoldus Apeldoorn, Amersfoort († 1952)
• Ann Sansom, Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Albertus Maties, Ballast, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1971)
• Alida Mooijman, Scheveningen
• Alida Mooijman, Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Gerardus Blaauw, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1919)
• Adriana van de Louw, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Alfred Jozef Johan Wubbe, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1942)
• Albert George Sydney Cowling, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia († 1960)
• Aalt Polman, De Bilt († 1883)

• Albert Haarman (3), Kallenkote (Steenwijkerwold)
• Charlotte Quintal (61), Norfolk Island
• Cato Danielson (51), ,, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Carolina Elisabeth Mulder (49), Jakarta, Indonesie
• Berendina Bannink (78), Mossel (Vorden)
• Anna Kouters (64), Klundert, Nederland
• Anna Kouters (64), Klundert
• Anna Theresia Gerardina Lelieveld (0), Den Haag
• Albertus Gosen (0), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaron Clemmer Souder (67)

• 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)

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 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• 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.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• 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 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%.