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• Adrianus Cornelis Moerings, Zegge/Rucphen († 1953)
• Albin Haczek, Polanka Wielka, Polanka Wielka, Oświęcim, Poland
• Aletta Martha Gertruida Coetzer
• Hoppenbrouwers, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Schoonaers, Valkenswaard
• Adriaan Francois de Ritter, Terneuzen
• Adrianus Jacobus Petrus Stallen, Geertruidenberg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Aaltje Smit, Kwadijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Aaldert van Olphen, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1886)
• * Jacobus Mattheus Struk, Amsterdam († 1945)

• Adrianus Slootweg (0), Hillegersberg
• Adriana van Doorn (33)
• Anna Catherina Koster (42)
• Apolonia van Zwet (74), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Keith (36)
• "Auke" Kerstes Venema (91), Wymbritseradeel
• Abraham van den Boogert (0), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Klein (67), Zwollerkerspel (Zwolle)
• Angela Eugenia Sophia Vercamer (81), Klerken
• Anna Kik (56), Ouwerkerk

• 1881 » Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer († 1947)
• 1882 » James Lightbody, American runner († 1953)
• 1883 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter († 1958)
• 1884 » Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author († 1960)
• 1885 » Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist († 1943)
• 1885 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor († 1965)
• 1886 » Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player († 1951)
• 1887 » Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner († 1925)
• 1887 » S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)
• 1889 » Reggie Walker, South African athlete († 1951)

• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)

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 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
• May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
• May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
• June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• 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 16, 1886 was about 1.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.