About the day » Friday January 20, 1882Calender converter

• Adrianus van Mourik, Amersfoort († 1882)
• Albertus (Bart) DRIEVER, Ulft, Oude IJsselstreek (NL) († 1966)
• Aaltje Noordam, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Nooijens, Etten-Leur († 1882)
• Adriana Apolonia KOUWENHOVEN, Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Perdok, Rottum, Kantens,, Groningen, Nederland († 1960)
• Adrianus Versluijs, Oudewater († 1882)
• Aafje Piest, Havelte († 1957)
• Aleida Maria Westenend, Huissen († 1882)
• Aafje Piest *, Havelte († 1957)

• Anne Catharine Jammaers (71), Zepperen, België
• Hentje (2), Hengelo
• Anna Johanna Maria Bender (36), Sellingen
• Aartje Hendriksdr. van Milligen (77), Garderen
• Anna Gertrudis van Xanten (63), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antoine Frankevoort (67), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta van de Ven (50), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonet Ven van de (50), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana Mathijssen (20), Udenhout
• Amélie Rosalie Joseph DASSONVILLE (71), Mont-Bernanchon,62584,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE

• 1874 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach († 1938)
• 1876 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1878 » Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor († 1968)
• 1879 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator († 1968)
• 1880 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware († 1962)
• 1882 » Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss († 1957)
• 1883 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss († 1968)
• 1883 » Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author († 1942)
• 1888 » Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter († 1949)
• 1889 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company († 1969)

• 1850 » Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)
• 1852 » Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)

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.
• March 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
• March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
• 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.
• August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
• October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

The temperature on January 20, 1882 was about -0.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.