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• Agnes Leona TAYLOR, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 1965)
• Adrianus Hermanus SCHOLTEN, Zutphen, Netherlands († 1953)
• Adriaantje van der Hoek, Geervliet
• Aaron (Ari) Slap, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Adrianus Marinus Smoker, Goudswaard, Nederland
• Adriana Moor, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Scholten († 1965)
• "Roger" Louis Marie Joseph Ghislain Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt, Rhisnes, La Bruyère, Belgique († 1962)
• Abraham Nyce Goshow
• Adrianus KOEDAM, Vuren († 1972)

• Albertus Nakken- (0), Coevorden, Nederland
• Agneta Anna van der Linden (54), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Alphonsius Josephus Smits (2), Oorderen
• Anthonius Klever (84), Benschop (NL)
• Brant Bijker (22), Achterbuurt (Steenwijkerwold)
• arie steennis (56), geldermalsen
• Arie 1 van Buuren (0), Willege langerak
• Anthonius Klever (85), Benschop, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Clara Landgraf (0), Niederfrohna, Chemnitzer Land, Saxony, Germany
• Antonij (ook Anthonie) Reijnders (62), Hilversum

• 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)

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 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
• April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
• May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
• July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
• 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 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%.