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• Adriaan Paans, Capelle († 1968)
• adriaantje HOOGVLIET, strijen
• Albert de Migo, Steenbergen
• Aage Conrad DANNESKIOLD-SAMSØE, Gisselfeld Abbey Sorø Denmark († 1945)
• Alexander VAN DER BORCH TOT VERWOLDE, Vorden Gelderland Netherlands († 1969)
• Adriana de Jong, Heukelum, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1979)
• Alexander Seino J.W. Borch tot Verwolde, vd, Mossel († 1969)
• Alida Geertruida Boomgaard, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Alexander Seyno Jacob Willem Baron van der Borch van Verwolde, Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriana laberdina Jansens, Charlois

• Adriana van Oosten (40), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Adriaan Guddens (74), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Siebel (Sibel) (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan DEWAER (51), Halle (Brabant), 23027, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Antje van den Akker (8), Maasland
• Adriaan Guddens (74), Ooltgensplaat
• Anna Maria Hendrietta van Hulsteijn (65), Tiel (GL)
• Albert Jans Klomp (74)
• (0), Zwijndrecht (B)
• Antje van den Akker (8), Maasland, Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1873 » Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright († 1939)
• 1874 » Charles Despiau, French sculptor († 1946)
• 1879 » Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter († 1935)
• 1883 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece († 1953)
• 1884 » Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor († 1960)
• 1887 » Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1889 » Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader († 1987)
• 1890 » Klabund, German author and poet († 1928)
• 1896 » Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines († 1971)
• 1897 » Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire († 1968)

• 1847 » Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
• 1856 » Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (b. 1797)
• 1886 » James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1820)
• 1893 » Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
• 1895 » Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1906 » John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (b. 1893)
• 1921 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
• 1924 » Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1845)
• 1924 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)

• 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 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
• 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.
• July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
• 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.
• 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 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 November 4, 1886 was about 9.4 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 29 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.