About the day » Friday October 15, 1886Calender converter

• Adrianus Marie Christiaan van Steenis, 's-Gravenhage (NL) († 1965)
• Adriana Cornelia Knikman, Schiedam († 1965)
• Aart Visser, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Matheus Wilhelmus van Teeffelen, Appeltern († 1965)
• Albertje van der Molen, Aengwirden(Heerenveen) († 1887)
• Alice Baudry, Nieppe, 59850, France
• Adriana van den Wijngaard, Princenhage
• Alphosius Julianus Van Gucht, Bornem († 1918)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Joseph Derksen, Elst, Nederland († 1887)
• Aalderika Meijer, Veendam († 1980)

• Adriaan Leendert Bazen (0), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Apolonia de Prie (0), Alkemade,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Datema (17), Wetsinge (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Arie Pors (1), Hoogvliet
• Arie Verhoeven (46), De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus von Kreijfelt (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Charles Francois de Burlet (52), Wonodadi (Pekalongan)
• Antje Baylé (1), steenwijkerwold
• Antonia van den Bosch (40), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje de Waard (9), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)
• 1890 » Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer († 1935)
• 1893 » Carol II of Romania († 1953)
• 1894 » Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel († 1965)

• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)

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 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
• January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
• March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• 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.
• 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 October 15, 1886 was about 10.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 54 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.