About the day » Thursday February 16, 1882Calender converter

• Alida Wolff, Delft († 1882)
• Adrianus Johannes Budel, Rheden († 1952)
• Adèle Henriëtte Phaff, Zaltbommel († 1946)
• Adrianus Pigmans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Abraham Oele, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1956)
• Andreas Vos, Steggerda (Weststellingwerf) († 1958)
• Alida Geertruida Maria Bloebaum (geb. Van Helder), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Adrien Hippolyte Emo, Yvetot (F) († 1955)
• Anna van Elzakker, Halsteren, Nederland
• Alma Bessie Richmond, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1962)

• Albert Honders (56), Oosterhuizen, gem. Apeldoorn
• Agatha Borreman (83), Harmelen
• Anna Thérèsia DE GRAEUWE (73), Brugge,, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Anna Margaretha de ROOIJ, Capelle
• Aldegondis LAMBREGS (82), Alken, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Adrianus de Jongh (37), Breda, Nederland
• Aleijda Wiggers (66), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Radschilders (17), Heer
• Aalbert Aalberd van der Poel (72), Veenendaal
• Adriana Scheepers (67), Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1868 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer († 1952)
• 1873 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author († 1908)
• 1876 » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic († 1962)
• 1878 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss († 1920)
• 1878 » Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator († 1951)
• 1884 » Robert J. Flaherty, German-Irish American director and producer († 1951)
• 1886 » Andy Ducat, English international footballer (forward and manager) and Cricketer († 1942)
• 1887 » Kathleen Clifford, American actress († 1962)
• 1891 » Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic († 1968)
• 1893 » Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer († 1974)

• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
• May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
• July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
• August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
• 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 February 16, 1882 was about 6.9 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.