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• Aloys D'hert, Woumen
• Anna cornelia van den Bergh, Ossendrecht († 1924)
• Aaltje Westerveld, Apeldoorn
• Alida Hamstra, Utrecht
• Adriana Anker
• Angela Musacchio Adorisio
• Alwine Helene Mockel, Eupen, Luik, België († 1944)
• Abraham Oele, Ellewoutsdijk
• Anna Elisabeth Bakker, Meppel († 1967)
• Agnes Jongeling, Oudewater († 1920)

• Anna Maria Adriana van Asch van Wijck (1), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Eck (83), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Olieslagers (65), Baarle-Hertog, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Pincoffs (64), Mechelen (B)
• Agatha Koning (0), Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Vermeer (46), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Hoogendoorn (0), Maarssen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Willibrordus Alders (67), Noordwijk
• Adriaantje Bos (0), Ottoland
• Anne Toelen (67), Sint-Truiden, België

• 1882 » Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland († 1975)
• 1882 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1959)
• 1888 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1923)
• 1888 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance († 1947)
• 1890 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States († 1969)
• 1892 » Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State († 1961)
• 1893 » Lillian Gish, American actress († 1993)
• 1894 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright († 1962)
• 1894 » Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer († 1978)
• 1897 » Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist († 1975)

• 1831 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)
• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

• 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.
• March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• 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.
• 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 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

The temperature on October 14, 1886 was about 13.8 °C. There was 1 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 69%.