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• Adriaan Francois de Ritter, Terneuzen
• Anna Elisabeth (Bet) Tops, Eersel († 1970)
• Adrianus Cornelis Moerings, Zegge/Rucphen († 1953)
• * Jacobus Mattheus Struk, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Aloisius Jozef Jehee, Den Haag († 1962)
• Albert LEFEBVRE, Sommethonne, Province du Luxembourg, Walloon Region, Belgie († 1953)
• Hoppenbrouwers, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aletta Martha Gertruida Coetzer
• Adrianus Cornelius Moerings, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Amarenske van der Pol, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)

• Angela Eugenia Sophia Vercamer (81), Klerken
• Adriana Brasser (48), Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Alberdina Hols (63), Gaanderen
• Andrietta Pop (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Mudde (1), Lekkerkerk
• Aart Verhoeven (2), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoni Groot Hulze (46), Harfsen (Gem. Gorssel)
• Apolonia van Zwet (74), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrietta Pop (70), Amsterdam
• Aagje Schokker (1)

• 1881 » Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer († 1947)
• 1882 » James Lightbody, American runner († 1953)
• 1883 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter († 1958)
• 1884 » Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author († 1960)
• 1885 » Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist († 1943)
• 1885 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor († 1965)
• 1886 » Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player († 1951)
• 1887 » Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner († 1925)
• 1887 » S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)
• 1889 » Reggie Walker, South African athlete († 1951)

• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)

• 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 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
• April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
• July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
• 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.
• October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
• November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on March 16, 1886 was about 1.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.