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• Adrianus Bernardus Versteeg, Vleuten († 1946)
• Abraham Mozes Pampel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1941)
• Adriana Cornelia Nieuwlaat, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1960)
• Albert Dolfing, Orvelte († 1965)
• Aaldert Hendriks Kamman, Tiendeveen (Beilen)
• Aaldert Kamman, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Bernardus Versteeg, Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
• Abraham Adriaan Leonard Guldenaar, Madiun, Java, Indonesia († 1969)
• van den Abeele, Sas van Gent († 1886)
• * Rijkje van Noort, Rhenen

• Arie Hendriks (63), nijmegen
• van den Abeele (0), Sas van Gent
• Anna Margaretha Douwes Bosch (83)
• Albert Stinissen (54), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Douwes Bosch (83)
• Andrew Jefferson Ferguson (90), Lexington, Scott, Indiana, United States
• Anna Becue (79), Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Andrew Kerr Henry (13), Pottsville, Arkansas
• Antonius Schoones (1), Zevenbergen
• Arie Slingerland (88), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer († 1974)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)
• 1883 » Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician († 1977)
• 1883 » Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1925)
• 1884 » John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1884 » Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor († 1987)
• 1888 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia († 1934)
• 1888 » Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general († 1967)
• 1889 » Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader († 1930)

• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

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 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
• June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
• 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 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on December 16, 1886 was about 3.9 °C. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.