About the day » Thursday June 17, 1886Calender converter

• Adriana Johanna Smit, Utrecht
• Aise IJpeij, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1923)
• Adrienne Vogelenzang, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1886)
• Alexander Levi, Meerssen († 1970)
• Adriaan Bakker, Oosterland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1955)
• Alida Cornelia de Vries, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Aaltje van Ieperen, Jaarsveld, Nederland
• Albertus Alphonsus Vandenauweele, Mariakerke (Oostende),8500,België († 1961)
• Alphonse Dhuyvetter, Huise, Belgium († 1952)
• Andries Koekoek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Aukje Jans Smit (25), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Barger Oosterveen)
• Arie van Dorp (80), Vlaardingen
• Anna STRIPGEN (82), Mulheim aan de Ruhr (D) 81y
• Aalt Timmer (0), Elburg
• Clara Breggeman (31), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt Timmer (0), Elburg
• Aafje Sijmensd de Jong (47), Schoorl, nh.nld
• Arie Johannes Rotteveel (29), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Krijna den Boon (1), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Maria Elizabeth Cleuters (62), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1876 » Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author († 1922)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)
• 1880 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer († 1964)
• 1881 » Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter († 1955)
• 1882 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1918)
• 1882 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1971)
• 1888 » Heinz Guderian, German general († 1954)
• 1897 » Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint († 1911)
• 1898 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic († 1961)
• 1898 » M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator († 1972)

• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)

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. Neeltje
12. Grietje
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.
• 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 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
• June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
• July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

The temperature on June 17, 1886 was about 11.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.