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• Angelina Schuurbiers, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1886)
• Albertus van der Wal, Ittersum (Zwollerkerspel) († 1883)
• Aart Sloesarwij, Kockengen-akte 32 († 1900)
• Agatha Apolonia Anna Hoogwegt, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)
• Anna Ramkema, Leeuwarden († 1969)
• - Wigman, Harlingen († 1882)
• Adriana Johanna van Harten, Sloterdijk († 1972)
• "Heinrich" Otto Edwin Konrad Kurt Kuno zu Rantzau, Berlin († 1962)
• Abigaël Tuuk, van der, Onderwierum († 1897)
• Ambrosius Franciscus van Schoonderwalt, Woensel († 1974)

• - Wigman (0), Harlingen
• Albertus van Drongelen (6), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Wigman (0), Harlingen
• Aaldert van der Zeijden (84), Ravenswaaij (Maurik) (GL)
• Anna Gertrud Stoots (3), Stadtlohn, Borken, NRW, Deutschland
• Anna Catharina Eylenbosch (50), Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
• Alida (Aaltje) Visee (38), Utrecht
• Adriana Petermeijer (60), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Charles Labouchère (27), Berlin (D)
• Aaldert van der Zijden (85), Ravenswaaij

• 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)
• 1884 » John Carpenter, American sprinter († 1933)
• 1885 » Mason Phelps, American golfer († 1945)
• 1885 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter († 1919)
• 1887 » Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1888 » Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician († 1991)
• 1888 » Joyce Cary, Irish novelist († 1957)
• 1892 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic († 1964)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

• 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.
• April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
• May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
• June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
• September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.

The temperature on December 7, 1882 was about 0.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.