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• Adolf Dorscheidt, Kerkrade (L († 1961)
• Kamps, Slagharen
• Adriana Luberta van Veldhuizen, Den Haag
• Alphonsus Heylen, Noorderwijk († 1950)
• Adriana Willemina van den Berg, Oosterbeek
• Adriaan Pleune Jr, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Addie Mae Whitworth, Giles Co., Tennessee († 1970)
• Alphonsus Heylen, Noorderwijk, Herentals, België († 1950)
• Andrea Maria Harding, Rheden, Nederland († 1962)
• Aalbert Rutjes, Oosterbeek († 1948)

• Adriaan Mollen (25), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Antonius Wilhelm Toutijn (0), Rotterdam ( Delfshaven)
• Antonius van Houten (87), Utrecht
• Anna Maria TORFS (74), Nijlen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• van Buren (0)
• Adriana Oosthoek (1), IJsselmonde
• Aafje Deeken (Deken) (70), Edam
• Adriana Jooren (53), Terheijden
• Arnoldus Bisschop (84), Ommen
• Adriana Willemse (45), Minderhout, Antwerpen, België

• 1877 » Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist († 1937)
• 1877 » May Gibbs, English-Australian author and illustrator († 1969)
• 1880 » Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer († 1960)
• 1881 » Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1881 » Harry Price, English psychologist and author († 1948)
• 1882 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor († 1946)
• 1883 » Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright († 1972)
• 1886 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company († 1955)
• 1887 » Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist († 1975)
• 1888 » Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author († 1963)

• 1863 » Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
• 1869 » Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Hendrika
8. Wilhelmina
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Trijntje
15. Geertruida
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.
• January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
• May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
• June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
• July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
• November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on January 17, 1886 was about 1.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.