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• "Albrecht-Friedrich" Alexander Dietrich Leopold Wilhelm Sigmund von der Schulenburg, Karlsruhe, Allemagne († 1962)
• Weeda, Oud Beijerland († 1886)
• * Maria Wilhelmina Steggink, Ootmarsum († 1969)
• Aart Vos, Elburg († 1969)
• Abraham MEIJER, Winschoten († 1902)
• Anna van der HOEVEN, Dordrecht
• Ramaekers, Maasbracht, Li.NL († 1975)
• Abraham Harko van Leeuwen, Rotterdam († 1959)
• * Aren Breur, Sommelsdijk († 1966)
• Adriana Bakker, Bergambacht,Zuid-Holland,Nederland

• Adèle Marie Ortmans (51), Verviers,, Liège, Belgique
• Albert de Boer (0), Midwolde gem. Leek
• Weeda (0), Oud Beijerland
• Dina Wuisman (57), Schiedam
• Anthonius Johannes Wilhelmus van den Heuvel (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Albert de Boer (0), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Boogaard (0), Schijndel
• Aafke Tiedema (0), tzum
• Cornelia van Houte(n) (68), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Archibald Cameron Truax (42), Farnham, Brome-Missiquoi, Quebec Providence, Canada

• 1871 » Clark Voorhees, American painter († 1933)
• 1873 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer († 1918)
• 1874 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright († 1936)
• 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)
• 1899 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence († 1987)

• 1862 » Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)
• 1866 » Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)

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. Neeltje
12. Grietje
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.
• March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
• April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
• 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.
• June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

The temperature on May 29, 1886 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.