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• Adriaan van Hasselt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Amalia V. Vogeli, Elk Rapids, Antrim Co., Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• Aleida Derks, Renkum († 1961)
• Anna Catharina Maria Tieben, Rotterdam († 1947)
• Anna Helena Fehrmann, Altenberge
• Adolph de Wolf, Leiden († 1965)
• Adriaan Leendert Verhagen, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1889)
• Adriana Cornelia van Beers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1886)
• , Schipluiden († 1965)
• Anna Caroline Surby, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1940)

• "Sigismond" Adélaïde Charles Marie de Lévis Mirepoix (64), Paris
• Angelus Pouwels (80), Nijmegen
• * Pieter de Pous (61), Sliedrecht
• Berendina Kelder (40), Lemele, Ambt Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Ket (74), Loosduinen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Berend Kleine (15), Zwartsluis
• Aukje van der Ploeg (16), Neerbosch
• Anna Maria den Hollander (0), Rotterdam
• Alonzo Cody (75), Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States
• Alexis Charles Lejeune (52), Houma, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States

• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)
• 1893 » Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author († 1950)
• 1900 » Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera († 1966)
• 1900 » Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director († 1971)
• 1902 » K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic († 1968)

• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)

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 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
• March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
• 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.
• October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
• November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

The temperature on July 2, 1886 was about 18.6 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.