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• Adriana Balemans, Oudenbosch († 1938)
• Adriana Balemans (Baalemans), Oudenbosch († 1938)
• Alida Johanna Sipjes, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Maria van Meir, Ossendrecht
• Adriana van Hulst, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1887)
• Albert Willem van Zeijst, Beekbergen (gem. Apeldoorn)
• Adolfs Joseph Derks, Amsterdam († 1953)
• Albert Mark Postma, Nes
• Agnes Snoek († 1928)
• Abraham Francke, Grijpskerke († 1888)

• Akke Lodevicusd Teensma (0), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Arendine Gruwel (64), Lemelerveld, gemeente Ommen
• Arendiene (Arendina) Gruwel (64), Ommen (Ambt)
• Adriaan Cornelis van den Heuvel (0), Haarlem
• Anna Maria van der Borst (81), Etten-Leur
• Adriaantje van den Anker (46), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Teunissen (28), Rijkevoort, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Kaandorp (42), Bergen
• Akke Lodevicusdr. Teensma (0), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharine Dorothe Christiane Grabhorn (81), Bergum / Tietjerksteradeel

• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)
• 1884 » Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator († 1933)
• 1889 » Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor († 1968)
• 1889 » Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer († 1977)
• 1891 » Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic († 1953)

• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

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.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• 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.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.

The temperature on August 8, 1887 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.