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• Pladdet, Hoek († 1882)
• Alice Marie Justine Vassart, Jumet, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adriana van den Boogert, Dubbeldam (Zuid-Holland) († 1948)
• Anna Theresia Augusta Maria Wouters, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Adriana van den BOOGERT, Dubbeldam
• Agnes Josephina Vos, Bolder, Riemst, België
• Albert Jans Boonstra, Siegerswoude, Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1957)
• Albert Jans Boonstra, Siegerswoude, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Valkonet, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Albrecht Bogislau Aloys Graaf Dubsky Vrijheer van Trebomyslic, Lysice (Lissitz), Zuid-Moravië, Tsjechië († 1962)

• Ann Mason Chichester (92), Loudoun County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Francisca Van Snick (72), Zwijndrecht, België
• Arie Herman van Dijk (0), Haarlem
• Agnes BROWNE
• Adriana Nicolai (32), Amsterdam
• Aaltjen Enklaar (91), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Hoogveld (1), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Pladdet (0), Hoek
• Amelia Talbot (71), Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
• Adriana Geertruida Helena van Loon (5), Dordrecht

• 1872 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia († 1945)
• 1876 » Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist, engraver and etcher († 1988)
• 1876 » Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic († 1944)
• 1878 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education († 1930)
• 1879 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet († 1944)
• 1879 » Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician († 1976)
• 1880 » Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1884 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor († 1920)
• 1884 » Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer († 1957)
• 1886 » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director († 1956)

• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
• May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
• July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
• September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
• September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.

The temperature on July 12, 1882 was about 15.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.