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• Adrianus van der Bent, Oegstgeest († 1930)
• Anna Christina Krull, Simonswolde, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1943)
• Antonie Damen, Oosterhout, Noord Brabant († 1882)
• Antonius Josephus Biemans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adele Hohmann, Hünzingen, Walrode, Hannover, Germany († 1962)
• Adrianus Jasperse, Velsen († 1920)
• Adriana Hendrika de Ruijter, Utrecht († 1883)
• Anna Mary Sophia Savelkoul, Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Antonius Kamphuis, Losser († 1918)
• Antonie Jacob Claes, Antwerpen, België

• Boeke Gerlofs Westra (13), IJlst, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
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• Anna de Witt (80), Enkhuizen
• Child Goldbarth (0), Samter, Wlkp., Poland
• Christina Geertruida Scheffelaar (31)
• Catharina Bauman (85), Freidens Kirche Cemetery, Friedens, Lehigh County, Pa
• Arie Schaap (52), Numansdorp
• Antonie Frederik Gieselbach (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Vries (0), Tilburg
• Gebruers (0), Geel, Antwerpen, België

• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)
• 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
• 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
• 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
• 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
• 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
• 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
• 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
• 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
• 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)

• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)

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 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
• June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
• July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
• July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.

The temperature on August 16, 1882 was about 12.3 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.