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• Albertje Rijks, Tange, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1951)
• Aaltje Swart, Zd-Scharwoude († 1884)
• Abraham van IJk, Axel († 1921)
• Antje Stap, Kubaard, Nederland († 1957)
• Antonius Johannes Booij_Liewes, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Anna Lahaije, Maastricht († 1952)
• Aaron Gaines Todd Sr, Lacombe, St Tammany, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Alexandre Semoulin, Boussu, Hainaut, Belgique
• Antoinette CARBONNEAU, Sainte-Brigide, Montréal, Québec, Canada († 1954)
• Anthonius Johannes Booij Liewes, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)

• Andries Pakaud (82), Vlissingen
• Anna Catharina Loos (64), Heppen, Limburg, België
• Arend Arent Alberts Spijkman (85), Kloosterveen bij Smilde
• Anna Margarethe KRAJENBRINK (71), Gendringen, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Bisschop (74), Tripscompagnie gem. Muntendam
• Adriaan Joosen (58), Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berdina de Klijn (0), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Carel Willem BODAAN (2), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Joosen (58), Oosterhout
• Bernardus Loomans (82), Delft

• 1872 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician († 1936)
• 1873 » Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer († 1942)
• 1874 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager († 1959)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal († 1956)
• 1880 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr († 1936)
• 1881 » Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal († 1964)
• 1881 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria († 1938)
• 1883 » Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and scholar († 1967)
• 1888 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India († 1975)
• 1892 » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1973)

• 1857 » Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (b. 1849)
• 1894 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (b. 1822)
• 1898 » Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
• 1901 » Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1902 » Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1844)
• 1909 » Louis Bouveault, French chemist (b. 1864)
• 1912 » Arthur MacArthur, Jr., American general (b. 1845)

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 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

The temperature on September 5, 1883 was about 15.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.