About the day » Saturday December 23, 1882Calender converter

• Andries Papier, amsterdam, Nederland († 1943)
• Allen Beaumont Humphrey
• adriana margaretha maria eijgenraam, delft († 1886)
• Anna Christina Geertruida de Brabander, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Alida Jacoba van der Helm, Stompwijk († 1915)
• Adriaan Volker, Sliedrecht († 1970)
• Anna Baartman, South Holland, Cook County, Illinois († 1977)
• Anna D'Hulst, Lier, België († 1946)
• Ada Mary Stringer *, Woodmancote, Sussex, England († 1953)
• Anna APPEL Cdr, Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH

• Anne Elema (2), Bierum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Vliet (0), Lopik
• Antonij Stoffelen (67), Steenbergen
• Aalbert Peter Gaasbeek (62), Lienden
• Antonius van Grinsven, Heesch
• Adriana Schoonderwoerd, Benschop
• Aart van NEUTEGEM (0), Charlois
• Anna Maria Gielen (55), Ophoven (B)
• Aagje Labrijn (63), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Dirks Sloot (78), Oldeholtpade

• 1867 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company († 1919)
• 1870 » John Marin, American architect and painter († 1953)
• 1878 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver († 1964)
• 1894 » Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer († 1976)
• 1895 » Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster († 1994)
• 1896 » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author († 1957)
• 1900 » Marie Bell, French actress and stage director († 1985)
• 1900 » Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian († 2014)
• 1900 » Otto Soglow, American cartoonist († 1975)

• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)

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 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
• April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
• September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
• December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

The temperature on December 23, 1882 was about 3.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.