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• Albertus Johannes Rogier, Deventer († 1961)
• Andries Dijkstra, Scherpenzeel, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1965)
• Aart Bouman, Veenendaal († 1899)
• Albert Kuilman, Wedde (GR NL) († 1964)
• Albertus Johannes Rogier, Deventer, Nederland († 1961)
• Anna Cornelia Van Berkel, Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Driessen, Veghel, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1945)
• Adriana van Bokhoven, Nieuwkuijk
• Angelica Maria Notelaer, Groede († 1965)
• Anna Christina Peters, Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1970)

• Anna Lucia Antonis (56), Bergeijk
• Anna NEWBERY, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, England
• Anna Lucia Antonis (56), Bergeijk
• * Cornelis Johannes de Breed (27), Delft
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• Anna Gerdina Fliek (31), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Stöhr (24), Barmen, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Alberta Gerritdina Wessels (0), Oele, Hengelo O
• Anne VILCHIEN (41), Andard, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Alida Sebastiana van Leeuwen (0), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1870 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany († 1944)
• 1872 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer († 1915)
• 1874 » Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer († 1948)
• 1878 » Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina († 1970)
• 1878 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian († 1967)
• 1880 » Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor († 1940)
• 1881 » Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic († 1944)
• 1882 » Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Albania († 1965)
• 1882 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1961)
• 1883 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher († 1931)

• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)
• 1855 » Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)
• 1882 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)

• 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 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
• 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.
• July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
• October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

The temperature on January 6, 1882 was about 8.0 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.