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• Jantina Johanna Manak, Assen
• Aaltje THALENS, Gasselte († 1962)
• Aaltje Langereis, Callantsoog, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Antje Hotzes Kleefstra, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
• Akke Botes van der Vegt, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1931)
• Abraham Hamstra, Harlingen
• Anna Catharina Geilenkirchen, Kerkrade (L († 1884)
• Anna Cornelia Masseur, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1949)
• Anna Maria Veltkamp, Amsterdam
• Hamers, Loon op Zand

• Antonius Martinus Dijk van (74), Delft, ZH, Nederland
• Baike Hindriks de Haan (82), Rottevalle
• Aloisius Martinus Jacobus meergenaamd van der Zande (0), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
• Alberta Cornelia Stolk (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Gereels (57), Adegem,Oost Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Hamers, Loon op Zand
• Anthonie de Vrieze (38), Renesse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertina Krot, Leeuwarden
• Antonia Petronella van Spijk (39), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Gezina Oosting (71), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)
• 1894 » Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar († 1994)
• 1895 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B († 1937)
• 1897 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author († 1983)
• 1897 » Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower († 1986)

• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)

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 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
• 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.
• May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
• October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on May 20, 1882 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 34%.