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• AlberTa Adriana Vletter, Rijnsburg († 1882)
• Alois Victor Huyghe, Gits († 1964)
• Adolph Eugene Norden, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alberta Tielbeke, Raalte († 1943)
• Aafje Vlaar, Nibbixwoud
• Andrieske Brouwers, Minnertsga, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Bliek, Hoedekenskerke († 1945)
• Albertus Hendrik Johannes Frederik van der Mark, Leiden († 1887)
• Adrianus van den Broek, Esch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Aleksanteri Kaaprielinpoika Ruottu, Patala, Karelië, Finland († 1882)

• Anna Los (0), Zwijndrecht
• Aagje,Teunisdr. de Ruiter (81), Wijk a/z en duin, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha de Ruijter (82), Wijk aan Zee, Gemeente Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Jong (54), Waspik, Waalwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Arnolda Johanna Jonkhans (66), Amersfoort
• Bastiaan KOOIJMAN Wzn (0), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Antonius Steekelenburg (48), Utrecht, Nederland
• Christianus van den Heuvel (18), Dommelen
• Agatha DE RUIJTER (81), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Stelt, van der (0), de Werken en Sleeuwijk gem. Werkendam Nbr. Nederland

• 1867 » Evelina Haverfield, Scottish nurse and activist († 1920)
• 1872 » Archduke Joseph August of Austria († 1962)
• 1874 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor († 1947)
• 1875 » Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1959)
• 1878 » Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer († 1976)
• 1879 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, († 1956)
• 1881 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince († 1918)
• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)
• 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)
• 1896 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher († 1980)

• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

• 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.
• 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.
• September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
• December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

The temperature on August 9, 1882 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.