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• Adriana de Wilt († 1960)
• Adelia Kuieck, Appingedam, NL-GR
• Adrianus Theodorus van der Geest, Warmond († 1942)
• Aldegonde Haubrechts, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 1961)
• Aaltje Donker, Appelscha, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriana Cornelia van Ruitenbeek, Amersfoort († 1888)
• Kootstra, Schoterland († 1882)
• Piek, groningen († 1882)
• Aaltje Terpstra, Britsum

• Afke Foppes Westerbaan (73), Hindeloopen
• Amelia Dewulf (48), Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriaan Georg Wildervanck (73), Zuidbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Anna Gertrudis Janssen (46), Lottum
• Aldegonda Rijdt, van de (82), Horst
• Adriana Christina Roelans (74), Deventer
• Aagtje Schoen (68), Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Bremmers (11), Maasniel, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Getruda JANSSEN (46), Lottum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aleida Hanter (70), Losser

• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)
• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)
• 1895 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited († 1974)
• 1899 » Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed; d. 1941)

• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)

• 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 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
• August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
• September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on January 7, 1882 was about 6.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.