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• Albrecht Allard Vrijheer Kettler, Slot Eringerfeld, Geseke, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1956)
• Achille Debruyne, Klerken
• Ada Ray Conway, Somerset Co.Pennsylvania († 1929)
• Allegonda Petronella Johanna VAN LOO, Verboort, Washington Co, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• * Aris Paulusz Plaatsman, Oosterend († 1965)
• Adriana Annetta van Kippersluis, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1892)
• Albert Dijks, Brunsting
• Aalt van Wezop (Wezep), Oldebroek († 1946)
• Albert Vermer, Dinant, Namur, Belgique († 1927)
• * Jacob Timmer, Groot Ammers

• Anna Jans Oedzes (68), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Frey (63), Leer, Leer (Ostfriesland), Leer, Leer, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Célestine Cellier (74), Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny, 51 Marne, Grand Est, France
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• Antonia Looijaard (27), Laag-Nieuwkoop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adelheid Unterberger (72), Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Berend Jan Mekenkamp (57), Enter, gemeente Wierden
• Antonia Looijaard (27), Laag-Nieuwkoop
• Anna Rijkers (52), Helder
• "Isidore" Marie Françoise de Montbourcher (76), Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

• 1869 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1874 » Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic († 1970)
• 1878 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer († 1950)
• 1879 » Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, social activist, and politician († 1973)
• 1879 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager († 1930)
• 1881 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1883 » William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist († 1963)
• 1884 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer († 1920)
• 1886 » Anton Irv, Estonian captain († 1919)
• 1897 » Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach († 1965)

• 1863 » Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
• 1864 » Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
• 1868 » Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
• 1877 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
• 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)

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 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
• June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
• 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.
• August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
• September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.

The temperature on September 17, 1883 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.