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• Adriana Anna Maria Staleman, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1967)
• Alida van Tongeren, Leiden († 1963)
• Adrianus Johannes Faassen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Amedé Jozef Verstraeten, Temse († 1953)
• Aaltje Jans van der Honing, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart van der Vlies, Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1884)
• Alida Van Tongeren, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Dina Maria Verkijk, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1907)
• Adriana Elizabeth Witjens, Kralingen, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Margaretha Ouwerkerk, Amsterdam

• Bernardus Berg (48), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "André Joseph" Elisée de Montagnac (74), Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes, France
• Apolonia Hamelink (44), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Jonkers (89), Boxtel
• Albert Padberg (68), Kallenhardt, BRD
• Barbara Stahlhoeper (82), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Van Hoogstraten (106.1.3.1), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Selier (6), Leiden
• Alida van der Molen (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Kraal (0), Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1868 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence († 1956)
• 1869 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1874 » Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic († 1970)
• 1878 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer († 1950)
• 1879 » Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, social activist, and politician († 1973)
• 1879 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager († 1930)
• 1881 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1883 » William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist († 1963)
• 1884 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer († 1920)
• 1886 » Anton Irv, Estonian captain († 1919)

• 1858 » Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
• 1864 » Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
• 1868 » Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
• 1877 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
• 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)

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.
• May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
• September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
• December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on September 17, 1882 was about 12.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.