About the day » Tuesday March 2, 1886Calender converter

• Agnes Rutten, Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1887)
• Alle van der Wal, Eestrum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1918)
• Albertus Christoffel Brinxma, Amsterdam († 1958)
• Albert Rudolf Hammer († 1933)
• Adriana Maria Schoenmakers, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Alvin Emery Hale, Michigan († 1941)
• anna frederika berkhout, gorinchem
• Webbink, Daarle, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1886)
• Adriaan Marinus Pijnappels, Oisterwijk († 1968)
• Alice Maude PRESTRIDGE († 1950)

• Aagtje Arkema (0), Obergum, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Taat (71), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Anna Peeters (56), Aalst
• Aize van der Graaf (40), Opsterland
• Barbara Degentesch (1), Wurselen
• Aize Jentjes Meintema (13), Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Krijger (46), Poortvliet
• Albertus van de BURGT (36), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Jans van HUIZEN (79), De Lemmer, De Fryske Marren, Fryslân, Netherlands 8531
• Webbink (0), Daarle, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1876 » Pope Pius XII († 1958)
• 1878 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American sailor and race car driver († 1944)
• 1886 » Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher († 1942)
• 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)
• 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
• 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
• 1902 » Edward Condon, American physicist and academic († 1974)
• 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)
• 1904 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator († 1991)
• 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)

• 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Hendrika
8. Wilhelmina
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Trijntje
15. Geertruida
16. Petronella

• 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
• March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
• November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
• November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

The temperature on March 2, 1886 was about 0.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 46 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.