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• Aartje Aalbertha van den Brom, Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Jacobs Postma, Hemrik († 1967)
• Angela Adeleid Brink, Haar
• Adrianus Johannes Blom, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Oostvogels, Etten-Leur († 1949)
• Albert de Vos, Steenwijk († 1954)
• Alphonse Nicolas Brossois, Utrecht, Nederland († 1883)
• Adriana Oostvogels, Etten Leur,Etten-Leur,Noord Brabant,Nederland († 1949)
• Aaltje Postma, Hemrik (Opsterland) († 1967)
• Adrianus Fransiscus van den Heuvel, Gorinchem († 1945)

• Bernardus Nuijten (2), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Jochums Meedema (55), Ter Apel, province of Groningen
• Antje van der Meij (4), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Barthelomeus Joseph Marie WILLEMS (0), Rotterdam, 6240, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje DE ZEEUW (38), Delfshaven (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara De Boel (47), Wezemaal
• Antje Klazes Rispens (78), Oosterend
• Bouke Vogelpoel (0), Beusichem
• Anna Maria Gevers (1), Gingelom, België
• Adeline LEVEQUE (42), Denain... Hauts de France

• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)
• 1890 » Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter († 1973)
• 1892 » Pavel Korin, Russian painter († 1967)
• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)

• 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.
• July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
• September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
• September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
• 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 July 8, 1882 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.