About the day » Thursday May 18, 1882Calender converter

• Anna Maria van de Ven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Anna Magretha de Groot
• Alardus Arthur Antonetta BERGMANS, Balen Belgie
• Aäron Halberstad, Amsterdam (NL) († 1883)
• Aaltien Kors, Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1983)
• Alida Zomerveld, Den Haag,-
• Aaltje Stolker, Aalsmeer
• Alphonsus Leonardus VEUGELERS, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Anna Maria Emerantia Wijckmans, Rumst († 1923)
• ? Knol, Nijehaske,, Friesland, Nederland († 1882)

• Abraham Jacob Guequierre (54), Milwaukee,Milwaukee County,Wis.,United States
• Anne Françoise Rau (90), Brugge 8000 BE
• Albertus Hendrikus van Rooij (0), Boxtel
• Anna Maria Catharina Dreyer (0), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adrianus Andreas Baarsel van (63), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Zwaan (29), Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Roevros (69), Maastricht
• Amerik van der Plas (0), Katwijk
• Agnes van Poppelen (63), Schaijk
• Anna Kok (72), Purmerend

• 1872 » Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1876 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany († 1931)
• 1878 » Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower († 1977)
• 1882 » Babe Adams, American baseball player, manager, and journalist († 1968)
• 1883 » Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil († 1974)
• 1883 » Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building († 1969)
• 1886 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1889 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer († 1944)
• 1891 » Rudolf Carnap, German-American philosopher and academic († 1970)
• 1892 » Ezio Pinza, Italian-American actor and singer († 1957)

• 1853 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)

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 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
• March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on May 18, 1882 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.