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• Albert Kok, Kralingen (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bargeboer, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Abel VAN DER LAAN, Zuidhorn Groningen Netherlands († 1935)
• Alida Maria Petronella Adrianusd Chamot, Den Helder, nh.nld
• Adriana Koedood, Barendrecht († 1943)
• Adriana Koedood, OW Barendrecht
• Adrianus van de Wiel, Princenhage († 1961)
• Albert Slotboom, Arnhem († 1950)
• Alberto Filippo Guerra, Craveggia, 28852, Italia
• Alma Decator Leavitt

• Aart 't Hoen (51), Sliedrecht
• Alfred François Louis Vilain XIIII (75), Brussel
• Arie Sparreboom (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Luijs, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart 't Hoen (51), Sliedrecht, NL
• Anna Elisabeth Ottenkoot (85), Baarn
• Anthonius Gerardus Blommesteijn (0), Schipluiden
• Anna Elizabeth Ottenkoot (85), Baarn
• Alfred vicomte Vilain XIIII (75), Bruxelles (Belgique)
• Adrianus VRANCKX (81), Noorderwijk, 2200, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België

• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire († 1947)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)
• 1892 » Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer († 1950)
• 1892 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress († 1995)
• 1894 » Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1978)

• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)

• 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.
• April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
• 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.
• July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
• 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 February 23, 1886 was about -2.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.