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• "Roger" Louis Marie Joseph Ghislain Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt, Rhisnes, La Bruyère, Belgique († 1962)
• Aartje den Besten, Doornspijk
• Adriana Vermeulen, Elshout
• Aaron Slap, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Alice BRISTOW, Southwark, Surrey († 1970)
• Adrianus Marinus Smoker, Goudswaard, Nederland
• Aaron (Ari) Slap, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Alix Marie Edmonde HORTA, Ronse, 45041, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Alphonsus Adrianus Boeren, Tilburg, NL († 1882)
• Arkesteijn, Delft († 1959)

• Adrianus van Wijngaarden (51), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Brant BIJKER (22), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Nakken- (0), Coevorden, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Margartha Quax (0), Alkmaar
• Barbara Hubertina Fabry (5), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België
• Anthonius (Teunis) Klever (84), Benschop
• Bartha Pannekoek (13), Nijbroek, Voorst
• Anna Cornelia Margaretha Quax (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie 1 van Buuren (0), Willege langerak
• Agatha Theodora Sperna Weiland (66), Schoonhoven, Nederland

• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)
• 1888 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company († 1942)
• 1890 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer († 1968)
• 1890 » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist († 1979)
• 1893 » Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic († 1978)
• 1895 » Richard Cushing, American cardinal († 1970)
• 1897 » Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher († 1954)
• 1898 » Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, literary critic († 1989)

• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)

• 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 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
• May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
• June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• 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 24, 1882 was about 13.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.