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• Adam Josephus Haenen, Schinnen (Beekdaelen), Limburg, Nederland († 1963)
• Andrew Clarkson Easterbrook, Hamilton, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom († 1967)
• Andries CONINX, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 1959)
• Adam Joseph Haenen, Schinnen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1963)
• Alida Elisabeth Maurer
• Andries Kuijntjes, Zaltbommel(Gld)-Brakel († 1974)
• Amanda Kristina Johannesdotter
• Anna Legora McGraw, Clarksburg, Harrison Cnty, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Alice Blanche VERLOOP, Hazebrouck, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk († 1891)
• Anna Bergmans, Schiedam,-

• Andrew M Russom (82), Gaylesville, Cherokee, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Dina, Asembagus (Pasuruan, Java N.O.I.)
• Aafje van WELY (64), Rumpt (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Anna Elisabeth van Vliet (21), Zaandam
• Aafje van Welij (62), Deil
• Aloijsius Hermanus Maria Gorp van (0), Tilburg
• Albert Klaassens van der Veen (85), Bierum, Gemeente Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Klaassens van der Veen (85), Bierum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Albert Klasen van der Veen (85), Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
• Amalie Luise von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (85), Frankfurt am Main, Allemagne

• 1875 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier († 1987)
• 1878 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer († 1955)
• 1881 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army († 1945)
• 1884 » Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1886 » Frank Clement, British racing driver († 1970)
• 1888 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author († 1921)
• 1890 » Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic († 1977)
• 1894 » Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist († 1947)
• 1894 » Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor († 1981)
• 1898 » Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic († 1986)

• 1844 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 1849 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)

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.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on June 15, 1887 was about 18.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.