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• Aafje SLOB, Hoogblokland († 1941)
• Anna Adriana Buren, Egmond-Binnen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Anna Beatrice OSTERHAUS, Chicago Cook County Illinois U.S.A († 1940)
• Allegonda Anna Catharina Treffers, Gendt († 1958)
• Allegonda Anna Catharina Treffers, Gendt, Huissen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1958)
• Akke Lodevicusd Teensma, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1887)
• Adriana Cornelia Anna van der LINDEN, Bergen op Zoom
• Akke TEENSMA, Sneek(Friesland) († 1887)
• Anna Catharina Koek († 1887)
• Adriana van Ewijk, Wijk bij Duurstede

• AAGJE WESTERDUIN (89), SCHEVENINGEN (GEMEENTE 'S-GRAVENHAGE)
• Abeliena Radix (82), Woerden
• Anna Maria Johanna Adamsz (76), Ede
• Aaltje Lammerts van der Woude (90), Weststellingwerf
• Abraham Elizeus Jacobus Sooys (1), Rotterdam
• Aagje Kornelisse Westerduin (89), Scheveningen
• Albert de Maat (1), Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Lauritsen Albertsen (55), On his ship, lok North Sea
• Aagje Kornelisdr Westerduin (89), Scheveningen
• Aaltje Dekker (38), Deventer

• 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)
• 1892 » César Vallejo, Peruvian poet, playwright, and journalist († 1938)

• 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. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Geertruida
15. Antje
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.
• February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on March 16, 1887 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 49 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.