About the day » Sunday February 5, 1882Calender converter

• Alida van Donselaar, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Adah Pyke, California († 1974)
• Aalbertus Stomphorst, Ede († 1884)
• "Geneviève" Anne Marie Isabelle de Montfort († 1921)
• Abraham Johan Diderick van der WELLE, Ooltgensplaat,, Pays-Bas
• Agnes Augusta Fleming, Trafalgar Twnship. Halton, Ontario, Canada († 1957)
• Albert Kruize, Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Alfred Olmeijer, Koetel,Bandjirmasin, Borneo, Indonesia († 1980)
• Aaltje Pools, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert M. Kester, Marion, Ohio

• Anna Maria Dresselhuis (62), Amsterdam
• Adam Tebbens van der Tuuk (75), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Agnes Tebyll (7), Nieukerk (D.)
• Annie Maud Jefferson (36), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
• Annigje Jacobs de Haan (62), Munsterscheveld
• Ale Rienks Kootje (0), Haskerdijken, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• (65), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adam Tebbens van der Tuuk (75), Groningen
• Adriana Verhoeven (46), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriana Maria Abrahamsdr. van der Wees (0), Delft

• 1870 » Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

• 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.
• April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
• 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 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
• September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

The temperature on February 5, 1882 was about 2.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.