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• Keizer, Nieuwer Amstel († 1886)
• Abraham Esselbrugge, de Huizen A111, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1886)
• Aalbert Doornbos, Steenwijkerwold († 1889)
• Aartje de Boer, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Adolphine Antoinette Bruijn, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolph Emil Funck, Lüttringhausen, Remscheid, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany († 1959)
• Abraham Esselbrugge, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1886)
• van der Borgt, Schore († 1886)
• Alida Cornelia Van Staveren, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 1973)
• Adolphine Antoinette Henriëtte Louise Bruijn, Stad Doetinchem

• Adam Waijenberg (72), Apeldoorn (Lieren)
• Adriana Verdult (2), Bergen op Zoom
• Agatha Wit (1), Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Idalina do Amaral (67), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil
• (-M- Bij geboorte gestorven) Stijf (0), Heerde, Nederland
• Agatha van Wissen (0), Wassenaar
• Anna ZOOMER (27), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angenieta Fija Dekkers (22), Oud-Beijerland
• Adam Waaijenberg (72), Lieren, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha Wissen van (0), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland

• 1879 » Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation († 1954)
• 1881 » René Cresté, French actor and director († 1922)
• 1886 » Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician († 1937)
• 1886 » Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands († 1968)
• 1886 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author († 1968)
• 1890 » David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic († 1957)
• 1890 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1891 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic († 1951)
• 1894 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa († 1982)
• 1895 » Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic († 1969)

• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)

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.
• March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• 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.
• 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 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• 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 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

The temperature on December 5, 1886 was about 1.7 °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 96%.