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• Aartje van Maren, Zaltbommel († 1956)
• Alida Cornelia Tanis, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Cornelis van Gorp, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Alphonsus van Oirschot, Hilvarenbeek,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1954)
• Alida Gijsbertha Reintjes, Bussum († 1882)
• Alphonsus Poppe, Sint-Niklaas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1948)
• Adriana Maria van der Linden, Breda
• Vloemans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Bosch, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Bernardina Jansen, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1967)

• Anna Elisabeth Auguste Alexandrine Prinses van Mecklenburg-Schwerin (16)
• Anna Catharina Weits (61), Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Besem (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruij Cares (76), haarlem (noord holland)
• Anna Elisabeth Kern
• Anna Barbara Vrancken (60), Heerlen
• Aartje Jurriens Post (7), Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove
• Andreas le Cavelier (24), Rheden
• Anke Stavasius (27), Niekerk
• Anna Elisabeth Auguste Alexandrine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (16)

• 1876 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter († 1907)
• 1878 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1965)
• 1880 » Franz Marc, German soldier and painter († 1916)
• 1880 » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director († 1931)
• 1882 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot († 1908)
• 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
• 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)
• 1886 » Charlie Ruggles, American actor († 1970)
• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet († 1970)

• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)

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.
• June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
• June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.

The temperature on February 8, 1882 was about -1.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.