About the day » Sunday May 7, 1882Calender converter

• Alfons De Ridder, Antwerpen († 1960)
• Alfred Roper GINN, Deptford, Kent, England († 1969)
• Afhild Smestad Bentzon, Tromso (N)
• Angenita Hillegonda SMELT, Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alberta Strowbridge, Ontario
• Adriana Jansen, Den Helder
• Adriana de Wit, Rietveld († 1883)
• Alberdina Hartsuiker, Dijkhuizen (Ruinerwold) († 1882)
• Albertus Bloemen, Overloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Anna Giesselbach, Oosterhout († 1957)

• Adriana Wintermans (0), Dussen
• Albertus Johannes Makkee (48), Den Haag
• Antje Popes Hemminga
• Adrianus Goemaat (51), Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Ringlever (81), Rotterdam
• Antonius, Johannes Kriek (60), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Tonnon (0), Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Popes Hemminga (75), Boornbergum Smallingerland), Friesland, Nederland
• Antje De Vos (2), Luinjeberd
• Antje Sakes Boonstra (67), house 90, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1875 » Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter († 1951)
• 1880 » Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee († 1972)
• 1881 » George E. Wiley, American cyclist († 1954)
• 1882 » Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet († 1960)
• 1885 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor († 1969)
• 1889 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel († 1943)
• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)

• 1840 » Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)
• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)

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 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
• July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
• July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
• 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 7, 1882 was about 12.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.