About the day » Saturday October 7, 1882Calender converter

• Anna Gertrudis Thielen, Grubbenvorst († 1947)
• Anna Querido, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Bruil, Langerak, Gelderland, Nederland († 1963)
• Anna Catharina Daems, Molenstede († 1972)
• Adriana Ida Antonissen, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
• Albertje Groot, Schermerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Abraham de Swaan, Groningen († 1931)
• Anne CLINCKEMAILLIE
• Anna Maria Korte, Haar, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Abel Kortstra, Oldeholtpade (Weststellingwerf) († 1885)

• Aaltien Grelling (63), Angelslo,Emmen,Drenthe,Nederland
• Alberdina Derikx (69), Neer
• Aafke Alders Hoekstra (62), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antoon Plet (76)
• Bartholomeus Hakkaart (52), Leiderdorp
• Anna Maria Theresia Pauwels (16), Gheel (Holven)
• * Francina Baars (0), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Abraham Toorop (54), Pekalongan
• Adriaantje van der Giesen (0), westmaas (zuid holland)
• Bastiaan Christiaen Hendriksen Christiaan van Ravenswaaij (84), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1876 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer († 1934)
• 1879 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet († 1915)
• 1881 » Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general († 1918)
• 1884 » Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot († 1927)
• 1885 » Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1948)
• 1885 » Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1887 » Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach († 1961)
• 1888 » Edna Meade Colson, African American educator and activist († 1985)
• 1888 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States († 1965)
• 1889 » Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1968)

• 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (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.
• April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
• July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
• September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
• September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on October 7, 1882 was about 15.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.