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• Adrianus Franciscus van Oosterhout, Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1956)
• Ada Garza, Rancho Los Martinez, Tamaulipas, Mexico († 1963)
• Aaltje Stuivenberg, Hilversum, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1961)
• Trijntje Watzema, utingeradeel († 1908)
• Aaron Jason Harbaugh, Elk Township, Clayton County, Iowa († 1956)
• Adriana Geboers, Luyksgestel (NL)
• Adriana Huibertina van Goch, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Abel Wellinga, Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1884)
• Agnes Holleran, Virginia City, Storey, Nevada, Verenigde Staten († 1886)
• Adriana GEBOERS, Luyksgestel NL

• Anthonij Koole (75), Colijnsplaat (74jr)
• Augustin De Tavernier (49), Wortegem, Belgium
• Aaltje van der Maas (50), Cedar Grove, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Arie Maria Keesom (4), Bergen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje VanderMaas (50), Cedar Grove, Wisconsin
• Albartus Boekhorst (50), Blesdijke, Nederland
• Baukje Heinsma (65), Witmarsum
• Anthony Pieterse Kole (74), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annigje Huijzer (67), Mijnsherenland
• Anthony Pieterse Koole (74), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, NL

• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
• 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
• 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)
• 1883 » Marguerite Clark, American actress († 1940)
• 1886 » Hugo Ball, German author and poet († 1927)
• 1887 » Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer († 1933)
• 1887 » Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player († 1956)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

• 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 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
• March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
• September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

The temperature on February 22, 1882 was about 1.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.