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• Anne Gruenfeld († 1957)
• Alberta Esmeijer, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL
• Alberdina Kelly, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1889)
• * Mechtilda Allegonda Verlouw († 1963)
• Albert Jan van Raalte, Kampen, Overijssel Nederland († 1957)
• Aaltje van 't Oever, Doornspijk († 1941)
• Anna Geertrui van Lummel, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alberdina Kellij, Oosterhesselen († 1889)
• Adrianus Baartman, Rotterdam († 1923)
• Amalia Sophia van der Haas, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1975)

• Antje van Houten (0), Siegerswoude
• Antje de Nekker (1), Hooidijk (Steenwijkerwold)
• Adelberth de Bourbon Naundorf (47), Bergen op Zoom
• Allegonda Antonia Maria van Stenis (64), Ambarawa, Semarang (Ned.Indië)
• Anne Theresia van Damme (82), Adinkerke
• Vos (0), Hollandscheveld
• Adriana Wilhelmina Verweij (36), Zoelmond
• Anne Catarine van Ravenstein (76), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Robberts (53), Heerlen
• AALTJE VAN DER LINDEN (77), VLAARDINGEN

• 1878 » James Truslow Adams, American historian and author († 1949)
• 1880 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist († 1940)
• 1881 » Max Gerson, German-born American physician († 1959)
• 1882 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1887 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong († 1946)
• 1888 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor († 1925)
• 1893 » George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic († 1966)
• 1893 » Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1961)
• 1894 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet († 1960)
• 1894 » Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator († 1977)

• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)

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.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.

The temperature on October 18, 1887 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.