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• Adriana Christina Matta Rothuizen, Leiden Zhl. Nederland († 1965)
• Splint, Naarden
• Aaltjen HOF, Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1923)
• Adolf Hallie, Kampen († 1954)
• Abraham Felixsz van Kam, 's-Gravenhage
• Albert ter Steege, Peize, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1953)
• Adriana Maria van der Toorn, unbekannt
• Aaltje Geerdina Bosch, Vroomshoop (Den Ham)
• (Johannah) Wilhelmina Pieternella Wittebol, Utrecht
• Katidjah, Jogjakarta, Djawa, Nederlands-Indië († 1922)

• Asa Simpson Booten (87), Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Angelina Leysen, Gheel
• Anthonij van Doorn (68), Nieuw Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Pieters Lingbeek (70), (GR) Beerta
• Arend Jan Wisselink (1), Wisch
• Anna Maria Oortmans (80), Denekamp
• Anna Maria van der Bijl (23), Stellenbosch (Zuid-Afrika)
• Arie Johannesz Goedendorp (77), Rockanje
• Anne Jans de Groot (74), Weststellingwerf
• Annij of Aartje Roest van der (4), Hilversum

• 1877 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist († 1937)
• 1878 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer († 1929)
• 1879 » E. M. Forster, English author and playwright († 1970)
• 1879 » William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres († 1952)
• 1883 » William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician († 1959)
• 1884 » Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company († 1949)
• 1887 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral († 1945)
• 1888 » Georgios Stanotas, Greek general († 1965)
• 1888 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle († 1974)
• 1889 » Charles Bickford, American actor († 1967)

• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)

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 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
• March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
• March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• 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.).

The temperature on January 1, 1882 was about 4.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.