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• Aaltje Neijmeijer, Doornspijk († 1971)
• Abraham Collens, Rotterdam
• Aldegonda Huberdina van de Donk, Gestel en Blaarthem († 1917)
• Aleida BRUGMAN, Dieren (gem Rheden) († 1887)
• Adriana Maria Lambregts, Etten-Leur (Nl) († 1936)
• Alexander Karel Willem ARNTZENIUS, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Amy Elizabeth CLAGUE, Braddan, Isle of Man († 1972)
• Alicia Maria Rau, Oostende (B) († 1886)
• Albertje Hendriks Vonk, Eenderveld, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland († 1897)
• Alexander Karel Willem Arntzenius, Amsterdam († 1955)

• Aleida Geertruida WILLINK (84), Enschede, 5072, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Geertruida Willink (84), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Kuijpers (2), Klundert
• Aafke Andries Deelstra (0)
• Aaltje Boerdijk (65), Den Helder
• Anna Maria Jansen (0), Zaamslag
• Annechje Hoogeveen (73), Kloosterveen (Assen)
• Aleida Geertruid Willink (84), Enschede
• Annechien Jans Hoogeveen (73), Kloosterveen
• Annechien Hoogeveen (73), Kloosterveen, Smilde

• 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
• 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
• 1880 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician († 1943)
• 1882 » Auguste Herbin, French painter († 1960)
• 1882 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister († 1945)
• 1885 » Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author († 1948)
• 1887 » Raymond Thorne, American swimmer († 1921)
• 1891 » Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist († 1964)
• 1893 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1894 » Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic († 1970)

• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)

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.
• April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
• May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
• July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
• July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
• August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.

The temperature on April 29, 1886 was about 3.9 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.