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• Aart Marijs, Arnemuiden († 1887)
• Amalia Yrjöntytär Loponen, Rautu, Finland († 1912)
• Alfredo Pedro Ribas, Parana, Brasil
• Álvaro Marques, Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adrianus Willibrordus van ALPHEN, Beesd, Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)
• Albertus GROENENDIJK, Dubbeldam
• Abraham Vermeer, Vlaardingen († 1955)
• Adriana Theresia van Belkom, Tilburg
• Albertus Groenendijk, Dubbeldam († 1952)
• Assendelft 7

• Arend Erpeka (68), Wageningen, Nederland
• Aartje ten Haaft (0), Zeist, Utr, NL
• Barbertje Aukes Numan (25), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Berg (74), Voorthuizen
• Aria Koesoemadingrat Raden Adipati (72), Jambansari, Ciamis, Java, Indonesia
• Adriana Cornelia Mols (0), Dongen, Nederland
• Aebele Jans Velzing (Velsing) (64), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje van den Berg (74), Barneveld
• Amelia Dobbelaere (64), Merendree
• Adriana Albertina Mintjens (67), Roggel

• 1878 » James Truslow Adams, American historian and author († 1949)
• 1880 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist († 1940)
• 1881 » Max Gerson, German-born American physician († 1959)
• 1882 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1887 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong († 1946)
• 1888 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor († 1925)
• 1893 » George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic († 1966)
• 1893 » Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1961)
• 1894 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet († 1960)
• 1894 » Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator († 1977)

• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)

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.
• 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 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
• August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
• October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

The temperature on October 18, 1886 was about 8.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.