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• Anna Vrouwina de Vries Lentsch, Amsterdam († 1970)
• Aleida Hendrika Harms Fiat, Dalfsen († 1889)
• Aartje Baars, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Alida van Geel, Dordrecht († 1913)
• Adriana Johanna Lammerink, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Alphen van, Rijsbergen († 1963)
• Aartje Baars, Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aart van den Berg, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1882)
• Aart Hommersom, Echteld († 1952)
• Alida Ravenhorst, Polsbroek († 1882)

• Berentjen Verbeek (24), Eefde
• Adriaan Anssems (55), Gilze en Rijen
• Abel Kooi (72), Niekerk (Ulrum)
• Aagje Nijhof (7), Nijverdal (Hellendoorn), Ov, The Netherlands
• Antonij Hendriksz Lenderink (83)
• Aldegondis Thibo (62), Berlingen, België
• Antonia Maria Magdalena van Gorp (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bron (0), Zevenhuizen gem. Leek
• Aukje Annes Alkema (78), Nuis, Marum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus de Visser, Dordrecht

• 1872 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator († 1898)
• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)
• 1887 » James Paul Moody, English sailor († 1912)
• 1891 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier († 2007)
• 1892 » Charles Vanel, French actor and director († 1989)
• 1894 » Christian Schad, German painter († 1982)

• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)

• 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 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
• March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
• March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
• May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
• September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.

The temperature on August 21, 1882 was about 14.0 °C. There was 0.9 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 93%.