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• Adeline May Dewey († 1962)
• Anna Maria Dickman, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Adrianus Martinus Kornelis Grootenboer, Padang, Indonesië († 1945)
• Adrianus Vincentius Beukers-, Schiedam, Nederland († 1885)
• aart van BALEN, rotterdam
• Alktje Velthuis, Haren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alphonsus Maria VAN WOLFFELAAR († 1927)
• Anna Jacoba de Vries, Emmen (Roswinkel)
• Annigje Broere, Lekkerkerk († 1883)
• Aaltje Schoen, Beemster († 1954)

• Berend Eilander (0), Zwollerkerspel, Nederland
• Arie Klop (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Claessens (83), Beek (Spaubeek) (Limburg)
• Charles Benjamin Bennett (63), Middlesex, England
• Alida Dorland (2), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustine Hofer (77), Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France
• Annigjen Meurer (65), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Horsman (0), Alpen aan de Rijn
• Bernardus Delicaat, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Christina Catharina Gebing (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1867 » Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1947)
• 1871 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar († 1929)
• 1872 » Haakon VII of Norway († 1957)
• 1886 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright († 1964)
• 1887 » Rupert Brooke, English poet († 1915)
• 1890 » Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club († 1974)
• 1894 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1951)
• 1895 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician († 1942)
• 1896 » Ralph Horween, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1899 » Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver († 1979)

• 1857 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)
• 1866 » Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
• 1867 » Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)

• 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.
• May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.

The temperature on August 3, 1883 was about 13.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.