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• Albert van Beek († 1948)
• Adriana Israels, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anette PERSSON, Gullarp-Osby-Kristianstad Län
• Anna Cornelia Roos, Hekelingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Ockhuisen, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Anne Kornelis Meints Gosses, Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Hutten, Harderwijk († 1882)
• Amelia M. Gage, Blackman, Jackson, Michigan
• Anne Kornelis Gosses, Beetsterzwaag
• Albert Knop

• Antje Kieft (63), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Clasina Oomes (42), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (44) André Vincent CHAPEAU (71), Sury-près-Léré, 18240, Cher, Centre, FRANCE
• Aart Lodder (1), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Aartsz Lodder (1), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Charles Waldemar Hugo Gasinjet (0), Zaandam
• Anthonius Stephanus la Croix (32)
• Antonia van Vegchel (1), Beek en Donk
• Alida Wiegel (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Rekker (0), Wonseradeel

• 1874 » Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter († 1959)
• 1874 » Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator († 1970)
• 1875 » Dave Hall, American runner († 1972)
• 1881 » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher († 1955)
• 1884 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician († 1964)
• 1885 » Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet († 1922)
• 1885 » Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter († 1973)
• 1887 » Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan († 1983)
• 1890 » Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)
• 1891 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America († 1988)

• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

• 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 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• 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 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
• September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.

The temperature on May 1, 1882 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.