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• Adriana Goudswaard, Alblasserdam († 1901)
• Aagje de Groot, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1968)
• Aagje Klaasd de Groot, Egmond aan zee († 1968)
• Anna Maria van den Oever, Aalst
• Aagje de la Groot, Egmond aan Zee († 1968)
• Anna Catharina de Zwart, Rotterdam († 1956)
• Adriana van Esch, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1884)
• Aleida te KOPPELE, Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1942)
• Aagje (Aagt) Klaasd X de Groot, EaZ († 1968)
• Adrianus Voorbraak, Roosendaal

• Boudewijn Van Der Mik (0), Mijdrecht
• Rus, Purmer
• Augustinus VAN de SOMPEL (51), Lokeren,9160,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adrianus Lent, van (82), Kesteren
• Anthonia Jacoba van KLAVEREN (0), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Conradus van Erpers Roijaards (62), Hees,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Conradus van Erpers Roijaards (62), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Clarissa "Clarie" Robinson (101), New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Calydonia Oakes (1), Kentucky
• Doodgeboren zoon van Smaalen (0), Rotterdam

• 1873 » Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube († 1961)
• 1874 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1938)
• 1875 » John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada († 1940)
• 1880 » Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic († 1918)
• 1882 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1882 » Sam Hardy, English footballer († 1966)
• 1885 » Jules Romains, French author and poet († 1972)
• 1888 » Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer († 1974)
• 1891 » Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright († 1960)
• 1894 » Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer († 1989)

• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)

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.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

The temperature on August 26, 1883 was about 24.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.