About the day » Tuesday November 2, 1886Calender converter

• Anna Adriana Maria Rietveld, rotterdam (zuid holland) († 1941)
• Adam W. Losh, Linn, Missouri, United States († 1927)
• Anna Elisabeth Maria Strack van Schijndel, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Andries Wink, St Maarten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamins, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1886)
• Anje BORGMAN, Hornhuizen, Kloosteburen
• * Gerrit Blonk, Groot Ammers
• Anna Aleida Schekkerman, Alkmaar
• Amador Bueno de Campos, Santa Bárbara do Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil († 1961)
• Amelia Eddolls, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England († 1949)

• Anna van Loo (34), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina BECKMANN (76), rue des Boulets n°91, 75011, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
• Aleida Wilhelmina Kip (1), Wisch, Netherlands
• Adriana van der LINDEN (30), Boekel, 3344, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacobs (0), Kampen
• Bertha Joanna Bitters (30), Holland City, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Annigje Gortworst (64), Hoogeveen
• Allert Zwiggelaar (24), Hoogeveen nederland
• Adrianus Groenendijk (1), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Bouwina Keun (1), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1878 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna († 1930)
• 1879 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist († 1965)
• 1883 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal († 1947)
• 1885 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic († 1972)
• 1886 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician († 1971)
• 1890 » Moa Martinson, Swedish author († 1964)
• 1890 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna († 1933)
• 1891 » David Townsend, American art director and set decorator († 1935)
• 1892 » Alice Brady, American actress († 1939)
• 1893 » Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company († 1966)

• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
• 1911 » Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)

• 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 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.
• 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.
• November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on November 2, 1886 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.