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• Adriana van Rijn, Den Helder
• Albertje Bijker, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1907)
• Alida van Hameren, Alkemade
• Abraham A. van Hoven, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adelina Sophia Hanssen, Salatiga, Indonesië († 1942)
• Alberta Schreuder, Grafhorst (gem. Kampen)
• Aart (Arthur) Waasdorp (Waasdorf), Leiderdorp († 1971)
• Alice Ann Vrooman, Isabella Co., MI († 1969)
• Aaltje Elizabeth van der Bijl, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Hooijmaaijer, Rotterdam († 1963)

• Arie van Minnen (0), Vlaardingen
• Arnoldus de Haan (0), Wijchen
• Aaffien Engels (3), Noordbroek, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alida Louisa Kok (45), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• (stillborn child) KOOIJ (0), Gouderak (Z.-H.), Neth
• Arnoldus de Haan (0)
• Albert Peters (50), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna, Elisabeth, Maria van Horn (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van Minnen (0), Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Looije (70), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel

• 1875 » Dr. Atl, Mexican painter († 1964)
• 1879 » Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer († 1938)
• 1882 » A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist († 1970)
• 1886 » Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic († 1914)
• 1888 » Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter († 1943)
• 1889 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1890 » Emilio Portes Gil, Mexican politician, President of Mexico 1928-1930 († 1978)
• 1894 » Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco († 1982)
• 1894 » Walter Warlimont, German general († 1976)

• 1860 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)

• 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 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
• 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.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on October 3, 1882 was about 15.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.