About the day » Sunday September 2, 1883Calender converter

• Westhoek, Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan (USA) († 1883)
• Adrianus Elyza KRAMER, Doeveren († 1958)
• Alphonsus Jacobus van Waterschoot, Hontenisse († 1883)
• Aleida Kaptein, Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Aaltje Slok, Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Albert Buisman, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagtje Pot, Siddeburen († 1884)
• Abraham Mulder, Veendam († 1915)
• Adrien Henri Rietjens, Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgie
• Adrianus Eliza Kramer, Doeveren

• Albert Jannes van Ende (39), Vreeland,Utrecht,Nederland
• Schaepsmeerders (0), Dongen
• Tromp (0), Montfoort (UT, NLD)
• Anthonie Tap (2), Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Sproet (2), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Steenken (81), Rotterdam
• Arie Toet (0), The Hague, Netherlands
• Annechie ten Cate (29), Sappemeer
• Adam Albertus Slottje (0), utingeradeel
• Alida Joanna STEEN(E)KEN (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1873 » Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator († 1897)
• 1877 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1956)
• 1878 » Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop († 1961)
• 1878 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat († 1920)
• 1878 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria († 1963)
• 1884 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic († 1970)
• 1892 » Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director († 1965)
• 1894 » Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author († 1939)
• 1897 » Fazlollah Zahedi, Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran († 1963)

• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (b. 1867)
• 1927 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (b. 1878)

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.
• May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
• 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 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

The temperature on September 2, 1883 was about 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.