About the day » Wednesday August 16, 1882Calender converter

• Aaltjen Waarlo, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1923)
• Anna Catharina Maria Verdoes, Schiedam († 1882)
• Adrianus HERMES, Oudenbosch, Nederland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Dick, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1882)
• Adriaan Klop, Oudewater, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1959)
• Antonia Alberta Leeuwis, Opheusden (Kesteren) († 1968)
• Angenita Catharina Stunnenberg, Heteren
• Antonia Catharina Eva Versteeg, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Geert Visser, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Holterman, Dalfsen († 1969)

• Catharina Bauman (85), Freidens Kirche Cemetery, Friedens, Lehigh County, Pa
• Arnoldus Bernardus Koolen (63), Oijen
• Amalie Drawert (0), Karbowo, Polen
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• Gebruers (0), Geel, Antwerpen, België
• Annie White Boyd [|||] (1)
• Auguste Alexandre Ducrot (65), Versailles, 78000, Yvelines, �le-de-France, FRANCE
• Aartje Vos (47), Putten
• Anna Maria Büning (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abe Jacobs de Boer (59), Sneek

• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)
• 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
• 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
• 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
• 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
• 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
• 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
• 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
• 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
• 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)

• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)

• 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 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
• September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
• September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
• December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

The temperature on August 16, 1882 was about 12.3 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.