About the day » Thursday November 2, 1882Calender converter

• Adriana van Heusden, Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1882)
• Anna Esser († 1959)
• Anthonie Baak, Velsen Noord Holland (NL) († 1883)
• Albert Hendrik de Ruiter, Zwolle, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Paul Post, Den Haag († 1939)
• Alida Maria de Jong, Amsterdam († 1936)
• Anne Holwerda, Blija gem. Ferwerderadeel († 1964)
• Andries Cornelis Combee, Eethen, Genderen en Heesbeen († 1938)
• Adrianus Verdonschot, Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel
• Agnes Bayne *, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland († 1967)

• Anna Heek (61), Zaandam
• Andries Dullé (55), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• * Cornelis de Langen (52), 's Heeraartsberg
• Adrianus Passchier (0), Vogelenzang, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoni Leferink (64), Haaksbergen
• Adrianus den Bleijker (1), Serooskerke (Zeeland) NL
• Ariaantje de Boer (62), Venhuizen
• Alida Helena Maria Kolenberg (1), Schiedam
• Adrianus Augustinus RIKKERS (0), Amsterdam
• Anna Berben (59), Haarlem

• 1877 » Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam († 1957)
• 1877 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary († 1933)
• 1877 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer († 1915)
• 1878 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna († 1930)
• 1879 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist († 1965)
• 1883 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal († 1947)
• 1885 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic († 1972)
• 1886 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician († 1971)
• 1890 » Moa Martinson, Swedish author († 1964)
• 1890 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna († 1933)

• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
• 1911 » Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)

• 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.
• March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
• May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
• September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
• September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
• December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

The temperature on November 2, 1882 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.