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• Adrianus Johannes Caspers, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
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• Anna Gesina Aal, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Sara Wisse, Biervliet, Zeeland, NL
• Adriana Cornelia de Ruijter, Utrecht († 1935)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van den Brand, Eindhoven († 1882)
• Adriana OOSTERWAAL, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Anje Jonker, Warffum († 1882)
• Adriana Jacoba LOS, Leiden, 6115, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Albert Jean Relick, Luik, Limburg, België († 1885)

• Berendina Hammerman (78), Vorden (Veldwijk)
• Carolina Senn van Basel (51), Batavia, Indonesië
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Hilger (61), Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Clothilde Maria Haegeman (25), Appelterre-Eichem
• Dirk Quant (15), Zwaag, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• adriana Vissenberg, Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Antje Roels Vries de (69), Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland
• Charles Sherman (55)
• Cornelis Lauwers, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Hammerman (78), Veldwijk (Vorden)

• 1872 » Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria († 1956)
• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)
• 1890 » Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer († 1935)

• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)

• 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.
• May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
• September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
• 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.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on October 15, 1882 was about 5.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.