About the day » Sunday December 24, 1882Calender converter

• , Mook († 1966)
• Adriaantje Johannes Andringa, Stiens († 1882)
• Adrianus Leonardus Overgaag, Hof van Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Alida Hendrina van Verseveld, Ingen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1964)
• Adriana Christina Zebregs, Tilburg
• Adriana, Christina ZEBREGS, tilburg
• Anje Laning, Schildwolde (NL) († 1950)
• Albertus Hendrikus Goverts, Zwolle († 1883)
• Adrianus Leonrdus Overgaag, Hof van Delft
• Adriana Christina Zebregs, Tilburg († 1936)

• Apolonia Verhoog (25), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Vroom (0), Sauwerd, Adorp,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Ursule Bonnemeijer (69), Liège, Liège, Belgium
• Anna Maria van Laar (65), Nederweert
• Bastiaantje Hitzert (54), Dubbeldam (Zuid-Holland), Wijk C, Huis nr. 101, om 8.00 uur
• "Théodore" Marie Charles de Viron (59), Dilbeek, Belgique
• Adriaan Johannes Groenhard (0), Delfshaven
• Carolina Siliakus (3), Maassluis
• Anna Geertrui ELZEVIER (0), Rotterdam
• Berendina BULSINK (80), Ijzerlo Aalten

• 1877 » Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic († 1979)
• 1879 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet († 1941)
• 1879 » Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1952)
• 1880 » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator († 1939)
• 1881 » Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic († 1946)
• 1882 » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1961)
• 1883 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and producer († 1945)
• 1885 » Paul Manship, American sculptor († 1966)
• 1886 » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer († 1962)
• 1887 » Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer († 1951)

• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)

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.
• May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
• August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
• 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.

The temperature on December 24, 1882 was about 1.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.