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• Agatha Wilhelmina Elisabeth Tediek († 1883)
• Anna van Kesteren, Lisse, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1882)
• Anna Augustine Moreau, Diekirch, luxemburg
• Amanda Bornman, Roxie, Franklin County, Mississippi, United States of America († 1939)
• Abraham Jacob Momberg, Leiden, Nederland († 1942)
• Aart Van TOOREN, Amsterdam († 1952)
• Anna Maria van den HOOGEN, Milsbeek, Ottersum, 3010, Limburg, Nederland († 1968)
• Agatha Wilhelmina Elisabeth Tedick († 1883)
• Aaltjen Pardijs, Vorden (Mossel) († 1901)
• Aaltje BOSCH, Daarle, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)

• Anna Maria Christina BILLION (69), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• ADRIANA VAN DER BEIJL (75), KRALINGEN
• Adriaan Cornelis van Rossem (55), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Snaphaan (39), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Mortensdatter Nyborg (born Jørnsgarden) (87)
• Jan Baptist Petrus Leloux (87)
• Amandus Josephus SEGHERS (35), Sint-Kruis,8310,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Antje Hepkes Geltema (83), Makkinga, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Wulms Wullems Willems (81), Weert
• Aaltien (Jans) Been, Peize

• 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)
• 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)
• 1887 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic († 1947)
• 1888 » Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1969)
• 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
• 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
• 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (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 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
• April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
• July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
• October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

The temperature on February 17, 1882 was about 9.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.