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• Adrianus Keij, Geldermalsen († 1960)
• Alphonse Van Gelder, Kaggevinne
• Albert Derks, Ottersum, NL
• Adrianus Apeldoorn, Heemskerk († 1955)
• Albertus Groenendijk, Zoeterwoude
• Anna Maria Wachelder, Mechelen-Wittem
• Anna Catharina van der Putten, BEEKENDONK († 1966)
• Adriana van Zandvoort, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Talens, Glimmen († 1971)
• Aaltje Wybes Wiersma, Wieuwerd, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1901)

• Anna Maria van den Bogaard (71), Beek en Donk (N Br) NL
• Albert Pieters Kaale (26)
• Cornelis Vissers, Sint Oedenrode
• Barend Rijkmans (1), Steenwijk
• Clementina Lambertina Dymphna de Bijl (1), Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Karremans (64), Zevenbergen
• Beitske Nooitgedagt (7), IJlst, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia van der Ven (49), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Abraham Dubbelink (74), Hengelo
• Anna Cilissen (41)

• 1879 » Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet († 1927)
• 1881 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1945)
• 1882 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company († 1965)
• 1886 » Ernst May, German architect and urban planner († 1970)
• 1889 » Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress († 1972)
• 1890 » Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter († 1976)
• 1890 » Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor († 1976)
• 1891 » Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic († 1968)
• 1893 » Ugo Agostoni, Italian cyclist († 1941)
• 1894 » Mientje Kling, Dutch actress († 1966)

• 1863 » William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1865 » Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
• 1875 » Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845)
• 1876 » Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813)
• 1916 » Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)
• 1916 » William Jonas, English footballer († 1890)
• 1917 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1921 » Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836)
• 1924 » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)

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.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on July 27, 1887 was about 19.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.