About the day » Saturday December 11, 1886Calender converter

• Adriana de Jong, Rucphen, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1889)
• Abraham van der Slikke, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1893)
• Aart Klaas de Jong, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphons Joseph Cornelis Melis-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1909)
• Adriaan Schilperoort, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1888)
• Abraham van Splunter, Amsterdam
• Adriaan Labruijere, Domburg, Walcheren, NL
• Alje Dopma, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1963)
• Anna van Kessel, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1969)
• Adriaan Schilperoort, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1888)

• Andreas Janssen (60), Roggel
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• Anna Elisabeth Wuyts (73), Zichem, 3271 België
• Aalt van den Brink (0), Doornspijk
• Alida Judith Gerhardina Daniël Schultze (81), Amsterdam
• Adele Amelie Joseph Six (72), Bondues, 59090, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Adriana van Moorsel (74), Leiden
• Adrianus van der Zwaan (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Adrianus Lodewijkx (62), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Marie Joseph DONNAY (78), LIEGE (Rue Entre-Deux-Ponts, 50), Liège, Belgique

• 1875 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician († 1962)
• 1880 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire († 1951)
• 1882 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City († 1947)
• 1882 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1882 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet († 1921)
• 1884 » Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player († 1961)
• 1889 » Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm († 1981)
• 1890 » Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor († 1935)
• 1890 » Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator († 1976)
• 1893 » Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer († 2002)

• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)

• 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.
• 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.
• May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
• June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
• July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
• July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

The temperature on December 11, 1886 was about 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.