About the day » Tuesday May 2, 1882Calender converter

• Albert Tobias Glastra, Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1907)
• Varkevisser, Pattie, Java
• Wels, Utrecht
• Aaltje Droog, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1882)
• Adriana van der Heijde, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)
• Alberta susanna Johanna van Oijen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Oskam, Bergambacht († 1934)
• Aloise Van Acker, Keiem
• Aafke Gosses Postma, Veenwouden († 1938)
• Adriaan Marcus Marinus Arnoldusz Bels, Den Helder, nh.nld

• Alexander Crispin (27), Innisfil Twp, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
• Arie van den Eik (60), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie van den Eijk (60), Brakel
• Anne Hayes Postma (49), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• annigje van leeuwen (0), rietveld gem barwoudswaarder
• Adriaantje Schaap (31), Hillegersberg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Taylor (49), Watson Station, Pleasant Twp, Seneca Co
• Albert Ruinemans (0), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Anna Helena Adelheid* Groll (72), Epe
• Algernon Wodehouse (67)

• 1873 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator († 1944)
• 1879 » James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State († 1972)
• 1880 » Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach († 1955)
• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)
• 1885 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist († 1966)
• 1886 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1887 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1887 » Vernon Castle, English-American dancer († 1918)
• 1889 » Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician († 1959)
• 1890 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author († 1965)

• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

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 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
• 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 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
• September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
• October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

The temperature on May 2, 1882 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%.