About the day » Thursday April 27, 1882Calender converter

• Adolf Wilhelm Lummler, Moers, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Anna Elisabeth Sierig, Amsterdam
• Alida Wagenaar, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Age Van Haga, Sneek, S√∫dwest-Frysl√¢n, Friesland, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriana Vermeulen, Gestel &, Blaarthem
• Adrianus Verbeek, Geldermalsen († 1961)
• Akke Sacos Eekma, Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 1883)
• Aaltje van Drie, Putten († 1882)
• Aart Korsman, Rotterdam
• Albertus Spijkman, Amsterdam († 1961)

• Aagje Vis (66), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Snijders (80), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje Vis (66), Beemster
• Amke Tempel (39), Dorkwerd, Groningen, Netherlands
• (Stillborn) OLTHOF (0), Veendam Groningen Netherlands
• Adelaide Barbara Carlier (12), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adrajana Robbers (71), Utrecht (UTR) The Netherlands
• Adam H Poppen (58), Grundy County, Iowa
• Adrianus van Elswijk (0), Schiedam, Nederland
• Age Fennema (22)

• 1875 » Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer († 1960)
• 1880 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1958)
• 1882 » Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet († 1961)
• 1887 » Warren Wood, American golfer († 1926)
• 1888 » Florence La Badie, Canadian actress († 1917)
• 1891 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1953)
• 1893 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1939)
• 1893 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general († 1946)
• 1894 » George Petty, American painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1894 » Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1995)

• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)

• 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 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
• September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
• October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

The temperature on April 27, 1882 was about 10.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.