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• Adrianus van Ballegooijen, Hurwenen († 1945)
• , Menen, Belgium
• Adriana Elizabeth Verwoert, Opheusden
• Albertus Stephanus Egberts Groenink, Steenwijk
• Aaron Johnson, Torsås, Kalmar, Sweden († 1936)
• Albert-Arthur Gaeremynck, Deerlijk, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1917)
• Adrianus Ruig, De Bilt
• * Hendrik Hoogenboezem, Schiedam († 1920)
• Achiel BONTINCK, Sint-Amandsberg, 44061, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriana Johanna de Wit, Willemstad

• Agatha Harkes (53), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Aukje Jongsma (0), Dokkum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hulst (81), Oudleusen (Dalfsen)
• Arend Reugebrink (54), Hupsel, Gemeente Berkelland, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Marie Eline Adolfsdatter (28), Vik, Buksnes, Lofoten, Nordland fylke, Norge
• Adillus Cyrillus Devolder (0), Aarsele, WVL, B
• Antje Brakenhoff (49), Alkmaar (Noord-Holland, Nederland)
• Anna BRAKENHOFF (49), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hultzer (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna** STOUT (79), Rockville, Washington, Utah, États-Unis

• 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)
• 1892 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist († 1949)
• 1893 » Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist († 1981)
• 1894 » Irving Mills, American publisher († 1985)
• 1895 » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician († 1947)
• 1895 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1966)

• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
• June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
• 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 January 16, 1886 was about 2.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.