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• Aaltje Klut, Oostzaan († 1956)
• Abrahamina Maria Christina van Eijsden, Rotterdam († 1923)
• grietje engelander, amsterdam
• Anna G Ploegsma, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Agustine Carolie Louise Spier, Batavia († 1965)
• Antje Gorter, Andijk, North Holland, Netherlands († 1915)
• Andries Kluitenberg, Coevorden, Drenthe, the Netherlands
• Alida den Boer, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1950)
• Anna Cadier, Maastricht
• Aafje Drop, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)

• Anna Kiplinger (86), Miami County, Indiana
• Anna Maria Margaretha van Rensburg (84)
• Antonie de Haan (90), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Pauline Suijs (70), Antwerpen,ANT, België
• Adriana Augustinus Gorter (43), Den Helder
• Anna Catharina Van Looy (82), Vorselaar, België
• Antje Aker (82), Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Zuiderland (62), Waarde, Nederland
• Adriana Zuiderland (62), Waarde, Nederland
• Antje Pieters Aker (83), Twisk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1877 » Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)
• 1883 » Scott Nearing, American economist and educator († 1983)
• 1886 » Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic († 1971)
• 1887 » Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver († 1957)
• 1889 » George Kenney, Canadian-American general († 1977)
• 1889 » John Middleton Murry, English poet and author († 1957)

• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)

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.
• March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
• March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
• August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
• December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

The temperature on August 6, 1883 was about 15.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.