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• Adrianus Cornelis Maria van Paassen, Schipluiden
• Aart Donkersteeg, Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1932)
• Albertus Holterman, Lemelerveld (Dalfsen) († 1969)
• Adriana Maria Esser, Rotterdam, Niederlande
• (1) Hermanna Koekkoek, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland Nederland († 1909)
• Adriana Rodenburg, Overschie
• Adrianus Cornelis Mari PAASSEN,VAN, Schipluiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Oosterhoff, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriana Dina Jacoba Nanning, den haag
• Aleida Berndina Aalbers, Velp, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1883)

• Alberdina EGGENHUIZEN (78), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alberdina Derks Eggenhuizen (78), Meppel
• Aaltje Jans van Son (92), Zwartsluis
• Adriana van Oorschot (0), Made en Drimmelen, Noord Brabant
• Adriaan Meerman (80), Oosterland gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Andries (Andries) SCHOLTE (31), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Fryslân, Nederland
• Konings, Groningen
• LEPORTIER (0), Vauville,50440,Manche,Basse-Normandie,FRANCE
• Antje Koopmans (68), Utingeradeel
• Antje Wilken (0), Emmen(Dr)-Roswinkel

• 1875 » Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer († 1912)
• 1876 » Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece († 1966)
• 1877 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna († 1941)
• 1879 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress († 1959)
• 1881 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician († 1956)
• 1882 » Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian († 1972)
• 1882 » Marion Bauer, American composer and critic († 1955)
• 1883 » Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect († 1962)
• 1885 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1968)
• 1886 » Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer († 1974)

• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

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.
• July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
• July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
• September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
• December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

The temperature on August 15, 1882 was about 16.1 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.