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• Anje Veen, Garsthuizen, Stedum,, Groningen, Nederland († 1966)
• Petronella Bernaards, Steenbergen
• Albertus van Duinkerken, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1971)
• Ane Nauta, Hijlaard († 1946)
• Albert Slagter, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland († 1883)
• Adrianus van der SPEK, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Jacobus (Edward James) Newhouse (Nieuwenhuise), Ellewoutsdijk (NL) († 1970)
• Flammer, Oegstgeest († 1882)
• Ane Wybes Nauta, Hijlaard, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Ana Franco, Serra Negra, São Paulo, Brasil

• Annigje Kroezen (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld)
• Aagje Schouten (32), Ursem
• Aaltje Kamminga (31), Boornbergum
• Antonie van Aken (7), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Catharina Johanna Merbel van de (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Jansen (6), Vledder
• Catharina Juliana - Julia - Julianna Lantermann (60), Hüntel, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Cornelia GODERIE (82), Essen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Catharinus Vervoorn (31), Herwijnen (Lingewaal) (GL)
• Albert Pieters de Braak (52), Chicago

• 1868 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer († 1951)
• 1874 » Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961)
• 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)
• 1884 » Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress († 1957)
• 1886 » Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot († 1911)
• 1887 » Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar († 1961)
• 1894 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic († 1965)
• 1895 » Edna Purviance, American actress († 1958)
• 1895 » Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete († 1983)
• 1896 » Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (d.1985)

• 1835 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
• 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)

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 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
• April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
• June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
• September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.

The temperature on October 21, 1882 was about 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.