About the day » Sunday May 21, 1882Calender converter

• Alida Melius, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Alida de Roo, Delft
• Aaltje Hoites Hoekstra, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Dijkgraaf, Putten, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaldert Vos, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Alijda Dijkgraaf
• Adrianus van Lierop, Lisse-Zuid-Holland-Nederland
• Angela Henke, Florissant, Florissant Township, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States († 1961)
• aaltje hoekstra, dockum († 1962)
• Adrianus van Beek, Lieshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1911)

• Antonie Rooijakkers (81), Oegstgeest
• Alida Gesina van der Wall (0), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Tjeerds Heidstra (30), Suameer
• Anthonie Rooyakkers (81), Oestgeest
• Antje Jagt (3), Schoonloo (Rolde)
• Anthonie Rooijakkers (81), Oegstgeest
• Anna Maria de Wit, Nederweert
• Antonia Maria van Eijk (0), IJsselstein
• Anna Peters (61), Heumen (Malden)
• Anna Maria Van Gheel (33), Geel, België

• 1873 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic († 1941)
• 1878 » Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer († 1930)
• 1880 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet († 1967)
• 1884 » Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1885 » Princess Sophie of Albania, (Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg) († 1936)
• 1893 » Arthur Carr, English cricketer († 1963)
• 1893 » Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant († 1969)
• 1895 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general, president (1934–1940) and father of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas († 1970)
• 1898 » Armand Hammer, American physician and businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum († 1990)
• 1898 » Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge († 1967)

• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)
• 1862 » John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
• 1879 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)

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.
• March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
• June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
• September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on May 21, 1882 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.