About the day » Monday July 31, 1882Calender converter

• Agatha ( Aagje) Deen, Lutjebroek († 1966)
• Abraham Magielsen, Soest († 1900)
• Alice Gijsel, Westdorpe, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriaan=Adrian Luyk, Wissenkerke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1951)
• Anne Catharine Block, Rotterdam († 1934)
• Anne Désirée Baudry, Paris, 75013, France
• Aafje Kok, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Annie Lee Mars, Mississippi († 1927)
• Mulder, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana SCHRAM, Haarlem Noord-Holland Netherlands († 1925)

• Antonia Johanna ANSINK (0), Rhenen
• Aaltje Pieters van der Vinne (26), Zevenhuizen, Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters van der Vinne (26), Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertina Sinoy (72), Nieuwerkerken (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Adrianus van der Heijden, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van der Leeden (43), Ameide, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Isabella Alix (42), Antwerpen
• Albert Zomer (21), Dordrecht
• Arie Maartenszn Knoester (69), Scheveningen
• Anna Maria Margaretha Stern (0), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1875 » Jacques Villon, French painter († 1963)
• 1877 » Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist († 1970)
• 1880 » Premchand, Indian author and playwright († 1936)
• 1883 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer († 1959)
• 1884 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician († 1945)
• 1886 » Fred Quimby, American animation producer († 1965)
• 1886 » Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss († 1931)
• 1887 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1892 » Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God († 1986)
• 1892 » Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop († 1959)

• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)

• 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 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
• 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.
• September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on July 31, 1882 was about 20.1 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.