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• Aart Deetman, Elburg, Nederland († 1976)
• Arie Cornelis van den Tol, Ooltgensplaat
• Antoinetta van der Maat, St. Oedenrode († 1969)
• Fake Pol, Hollandscheveld
• Anthonie van Hekke, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Ruegebrink, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1887)
• Anna Stelsel, Alto, Fond du Lac County (WI, USA) († 1960)
• Anna HAMAKERS, Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1887)
• Arend Kijk in de Vegte († 1965)
• Anna Margaretha Helena Damhuis, Barger-Compascuum, Emmen

• Aalt Kuis (1), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anonyma Füssle (0)
• Alice de Rochechouart de Mortemart (87), Parijs
• Alida Heisser (64), Haarlem, Nederland
• Adriana van Helvoirt (68), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Buining (1), Kantens,, Groningen, Nederland
• Reugebrink (0), Brummen, Gemeente Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antoon van Zwol (16), Utrecht
• Antonia Argiz-Fernández (32)
• Adriaan Roelse (60), Westkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1883 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach († 1972)
• 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1889 » Dietrich Kraiß, German general († 1944)
• 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)
• 1890 » Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines († 1956)
• 1892 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet († 1978)
• 1892 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1953)
• 1894 » Bobby Cruickshank, American golfer († 1975)
• 1894 » Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor († 1963)

• 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)

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. Wilhelmus

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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• 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.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on November 16, 1887 was about -3.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.