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• Adriana Pietersd Bouwman, Sint Maartensdijk, ze.nld († 1957)
• Abraham Edink, Genemuiden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriaan van der Klis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Werkman, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 1897)
• Albert A. Pawley, Manistique, Schoolcraft Co., Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Adriaan van der Klis, Amsterdam († 1959)
• Alice Edith Von Söhsten, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 1901)
• Alexandre LOMBARD, Thorens-Glières, France
• Aaltje Veldman, Meeden
• Derk Abee, Muntendam

• Adrianus van Wijk (70), Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Lanser (0), Sliedrecht
• "Jan Hubert" Nix (1), Epen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Nederland
• Arend Hofstra (5), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adolf Klein (67), Bonyhad, Tolna, Hungary
• Amelia Coleta Loncke (74), Oostende, Belgium
• Anne, Marie Christine Sous, Landen
• Adriaan Willem de Glopper (2), Ellemeet
• Anske Sytzes Rolsma (13), Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertina Krot (56), Leeuwarden

• 1870 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge († 1938)
• 1870 » Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa († 1950)
• 1874 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine († 1878)
• 1875 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1961)
• 1878 » Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer († 1972)
• 1879 » H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups († 1956)
• 1886 » Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1979)
• 1887 » Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1891 » William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar († 1971)
• 1895 » Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications († 1979)

• 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)

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.
• March 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
• May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
• 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.
• September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.

The temperature on May 24, 1882 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.