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• Aaltje Weeshoff, West Graftdijk († 1969)
• Wilhelmina Agatha Waas, Raamdonksveer († 1886)
• Adriaan Priem, Sint Maartensdijk gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Afke Seinstra, Jubbega-Schurega, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Johannes Roersma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Klomp, Spanbroek († 1886)
• Albert (ab) Tol, Edam Volendam († 1947)
• Aleida Johanna Bennink, Enschede
• Adrianus Antonius van Wordragen, Ammerzoden, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriana Oosthoek, IJsselmonde

• Alida Van Houwelingen (46), Lexmond,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• anna schut (63), amsterdam
• Albert-Guillaume Neefs (1), Leuven
• Adriaantje LAGENDIJK (65), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina COOLS (60), Hingene Belgie
• Alida Boekestein (0), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Akke Gerbens Hofstra (95), Oosterlittens, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alida Varekamp (0), 's Gravenzande
• Anna Maria Zappeij (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus (Bart) Stinissen (88), Beek, Montferland, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1880 » Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer († 1969)
• 1881 » Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager († 1947)
• 1882 » James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1941)
• 1882 » Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark († 1944)
• 1883 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro († 1958)
• 1883 » Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, Mexican activist and writer († 1964)
• 1886 » William Rose Benét, American poet and author († 1950)
• 1887 » Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman († 1975)
• 1889 » Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general († 1952)
• 1890 » Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter († 1972)

• 1861 » Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)
• 1881 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Petrus
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. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Jacoba
14. Trijntje
15. Geertruida
16. Elizabeth

• 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 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
• March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• 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 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
• September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
• November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on February 2, 1886 was about 1.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.