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• Adriana Guijt, Katwijk († 1959)
• Agatha Cornelia van Dorp, Vlaardingen († 1883)
• Adriaan van Zuilen, Haastrecht († 1883)
• Adriana Hendrika Straver, Leerdam († 1937)
• Adraantje Willemina Nouwt, Maasland († 1971)
• * Anna Naomie van de Water, Gouda († 1956)
• Ada Florence Hawkes, Laancoorie(VIC,Australië) († 1963)
• Alberto Horta, Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Agatha Cornelia van Dorp, Vlaardingen
• Adriaantje Wilhelmina Nouwt, Maasland

• Barbara Kuhn (70), Haustadt, Saarland, Deutschland
• bastiaan BARENDREGT (60), 's-gravendeel
• (51), Laren
• Aaltje van Seijen (45), Nijeberkoop (Ooststellingwerf)
• Albertje Knolhoff (2), Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adelaida Pavlovna Stroganova (82), St. Petersburg, Russia
• Albertje Knolhoff (2), Barlage (Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland
• Andreas Florentinus Bruygoms, Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus Luthart (85), Rotterdam
• Bathia Betje Swaab (51), Whitechapel, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• 1876 » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator († 1948)
• 1876 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government († 1950)
• 1876 » Jack London, American novelist and journalist († 1916)
• 1877 » Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago († 1934)
• 1878 » Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright († 1952)
• 1879 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn († 1942)
• 1879 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer († 1968)
• 1882 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter († 1930)
• 1884 » Texas Guinan, American entertainer and bootlegger († 1933)
• 1889 » Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader († 1965)

• 1856 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)
• 1861 » Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Arie
12. Adrianus
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Aaltje
13. Petronella
14. Jacoba
15. Trijntje
16. Geertruida

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
• May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
• May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
• June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.

The temperature on January 12, 1882 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.