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• Aaltje Wilpshaar, Vlieghuis, gem. Coevorden, Nederland († 1978)
• Adriana van der Wansem, Den Haag
• Aaltje Wilpshaar, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• Alma Sophia Amalia Bruss, Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States († 1977)
• Adrianus Johannes Sepers, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriana Maria Kools, Baarle-Nassau
• Adriana Schellingerhout, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1943)
• Anna Maria van Arnim, Criewen, Brandenburg († 1984)
• Angela Rößing, Neuherbrum († 1927)
• Adriana Haasnoot, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)

• Anna Catharina Kouw (0), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Sintfiet (0), Limmel, Meerssen
• Albert WASSEN (59), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Oostdijck, Fijnaart en Heijningen (N.B.)
• Adriaan Melis (81), Meliskerke
• Adrianus Oostdijk (70), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van der Beek, Monfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ann Price (47), Luzerne, Pennsylvania Co., Verenigde Staten
• Alida van der Neut (0), Breukelen St.Pieter
• van der Ven (36), Drunen

• 1876 » Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice († 1941)
• 1882 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer († 1937)
• 1886 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1960)
• 1887 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy († 1965)
• 1888 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot († 1918)
• 1891 » Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator († 1946)
• 1893 » Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic († 1956)
• 1895 » Caroline Gordon, American author and critic († 1981)
• 1896 » David Howard, American film director († 1941)
• 1897 » Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic († 1991)

• 1829 » Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
• 1836 » Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
• 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)

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.
• March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
• June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• 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 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on October 6, 1886 was about 17.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.