About the day » Saturday October 16, 1886Calender converter

• Ada Wilhelmina van Eeghen, Amsterdam († 1972)
• Adrianus Wouterus van den Bremer, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1971)
• Albert Johannesz Brakel, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Elisabeth Haster, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Aafje Keizer, Den Helder
• Adrianus Bisschop, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
• Albert Brakel, Dalen († 1967)
• Adrianus Wouters van den Breemer, Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1971)
• Adela Bertha Wilhelmine Groth, Mequon Ozaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Theodora Verheijen, Kekerdom, Gelderland, Nederland († 1938)

• ANTONIE VAN SPRONSEN (3), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• Anna Christina Lelsz (2), Almelo, Nederland
• Aart Bos (67), Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Schippers (4), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Hendrika Leliveld (4), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Miller (63), Bucks, Tuscarawas, Ohio
• Adelaida Hendrica Tack (56), Westdorpe
• Anthonij van Hese (51), Goes
• Anna Elisabeth Grandia (3), Driel
• Andries Augustinus Malfait (60), Wevelgem, 8560, Kortrijk, West Vlaanderen

• 1876 » Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1913)
• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)
• 1890 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director († 1975)
• 1897 » Louis de Cazenave, French soldier († 2008)

• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)

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.
• 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 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
• 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 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on October 16, 1886 was about 9.4 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.