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Born on Wednesday February 17, 1886
- Aaltje Dunning, Avereest, Nederland († 1945)
- Adrianus Henricus van Poppel, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1968)
- Abraham Wolff, Meppel († 1943)
- Adriana de BOER, Westzaan
- Abraham Jonker, Apeldoorn
- Aafke Terpstra, Siegerswoude († 1952)
- Geerdina Gloudemans, Geffen († 1953)
- Abraham WOLFF, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
- Andries van der Graft, Amsterdam
- Adrianus Gorinus Mak, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Wednesday February 17, 1886
- Andries van Esch (62), Haaren
- Adriaan Frans Vermeiren (3), Hoogstraten (B)
- adrianus BUURMAN (33), puttershoek
- Aart Dedert (0), Brielle
- Aafke Scholtens (14), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
- Anna Maria Hermsen (59), Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Philippina Santstra (67), Norg, Drenthe, Nederland
- Alexandrina Geertruida Craandijk (76), Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
- Anthonia Claris (64), Stompwijk (Leidschendam), Zuid Holland, Nederland
- Anna Fransina Giezen (0), Leeuwarden
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 17, 1886 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Leeuwarder courant
- De standaard
- De Graafschap-bode : nieuws- en advertentieblad voor stad- en ambt-Doetinchem, Hummelo en Keppel, Wehl, Zeddam, 's Heerenberg, Ulft, Gendringen, Sillevolde, Terborg, Varsseveld, Dinxperlo, Aalten, Breedevoorde, Lichtenvoorde, Groenlo, Neede, Eibergen, Bor
Born on February 17
- 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
- 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
- 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
- 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)
- 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)
- 1887 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic († 1947)
- 1888 » Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1969)
- 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
- 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
- 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)
Died on February 17
- 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
- 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
- 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
- 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
- 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
- 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
- 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
- 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
- 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
- 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
Names that were popular for boys in 1886
- Johannes
- Jan
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
Names that were popular for girls in 1886
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Aaltje
- Neeltje
- Grietje
- Jacoba
- Trijntje
- Geertruida
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1886
- 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.
- February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
- May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
- June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
- 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.
- November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
- November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
Weather February 17, 1886
The temperature on February 17, 1886 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.