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• Adriana Maria Vink, Vlaardingen († 1884)
• Aaltje Ploeg van der, Ferwerderadeel, Fr, Nederland († 1883)
• Abraham de Bruin, Voorschoten († 1886)
• Adriana van HEEREN, Dubbeldam († 1960)
• Aaltje Werner, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Pieters van der Ploeg, Hallum († 1883)
• Reininga, Winschoten († 1883)
• Aaltje Glas, Sint Maarten, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus DE JONG, Oss († 1974)
• Kornelia Pietersma, Opsterland

• Charles Louis Vancraeynest (3), Koekelare
• Anna van Hoften (0), Dreumel
• Beekje Booij (1), Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Cornelis Broeks (69), Oploo, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Schutte (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Brouwer (67), Velp
• Anthonie Johannes * Bosschaert (40), Utrecht
• Blanche Clémentine MAILLEFERT (0), Esternay,51310,Marne,Grand Est,FRANCE
• Aaltje-bartelds Zoer (53), Weerwille C433 Gem.Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland
• * Daniel (3) (0), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1872 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator († 1898)
• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)
• 1887 » James Paul Moody, English sailor († 1912)
• 1891 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier († 2007)
• 1892 » Charles Vanel, French actor and director († 1989)
• 1894 » Christian Schad, German painter († 1982)

• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)

• 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.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
• November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

The temperature on August 21, 1883 was about 26.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%.