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• Anna Margaretha Wagemaker, Schagen († 1962)
• Afra Maria Obdam, Hensbroek († 1968)
• Alice Menning († 1943)
• Alberdina Jacoba (Katy) Okken, Onstwedde († 1985)
• Anna Cornelia de Weert, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Drost, Budzyn (PL)
• Adrianus van Noortwijk, Schiedam († 1963)
• Anna Catharina Maria van Gijzel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelmus Meijer, Bergeijk
• Allie Menning, Corsica, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten

• Berendina Louisa Siebelink (70), Doesburg
• Antje Vijfhuizen (0)
• Anna Elisabeth Weelderen, van (73), Geertruidenberg
• Alexander McDonald (1), Auckland, New Zealand
• Anna Catharina VOS (83), Schoonderbuken Vlaams Brabant
• Barend Dirk van der Winkel (58), Gouda
• Anna Elisabeth la Haye (59), Maastricht
• Adrianus van Schijndel, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Jacoba Johan Jansen (84), Rotterdam
• * Johanna de Jongh (42), Hoog Blokland

• 1865 » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style († 1947)
• 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
• 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
• 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
• 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)
• 1902 » Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)

• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)

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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• 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.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on March 8, 1887 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.