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• Adriana Johanna Maria Aarden, Standdaarbuiten
• Antje Jelles van der Velde, Oosterzee, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1882)
• Alexander Henri Johannes Tjeenk Willink, Zwolle († 1933)
• Annigje Jansje Lekkerkerker, Zoeterwoude, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Tompson, Zevenbergen († 1895)
• Albertje Stoker, Ter Apel (gem. Westerwolde, Groningen) († 1967)
• Ada Emma Carolina (jonkvrouw) de Sturler de Frienisberg, Ten Boer († 1950)
• Ada Emma Carolina de Stürler De Frienisberg, Ten Boer, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Elisabeth Verbist, Kasterlee
• Carolina Baten, Stabroeck(Bel) († 1948)

• Aaltien Kremer (82), Anloo
• Aart van Moorselaar (29), Baarn
• Adriana van den Boomgaard (60), Kapelle
• Alberdina Gerrits (36), Deventer
• Alida AMSE (61), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Everdina Maria Louisa Magielse (0), Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt Bredewoud (Bredewout,Bredewold,Bredewolt) (0), Zwollerkerspel, Nederland
• Aagje Jacobse Jonk (68), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Agatha Janssens, Kanegem,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• van Kampen (0), Echteld

• 1874 » Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer († 1929)
• 1874 » Stanisław Taczak, Polish general († 1960)
• 1875 » Albert I of Belgium († 1934)
• 1882 » (O.S. 27 March) - Dmytro Doroshenko, Lithuanian-Ukrainian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine († 1951)
• 1883 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia († 1936)
• 1883 » R. P. Keigwin, English cricketer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator († 1951)
• 1886 » Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright († 1967)
• 1888 » Dennis Chávez, American journalist and politician († 1962)
• 1889 » Adrian Boult, English conductor († 1983)

• 1848 » Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
• 1860 » István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791)
• 1861 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)
• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)

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 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
• 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.
• June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
• September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
• September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

The temperature on April 8, 1882 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 37%.