About the day » Thursday March 18, 1886Calender converter

• Adriana Jacoba Pullen, Woudrichem (Almkerk) (Noord-Brabant)
• Alphonsius Loete, Eede, Netherlands († 1945)
• Kuiken, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1886)
• Adrianus Leermakers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1888)
• Aimée Alexandrine Fadeau, Neuillay-les-Bois, 36139, France († 1981)
• Antonius Jozienius Pieter Traast, Hengelo († 1962)
• Aaltje Post, Zwollerkerspel († 1886)
• Anna Theodora Conrads, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 92051, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, Frankrijk († 1958)
• Aaltje Post, Hasselerdijk, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1886)
• Aaltje Bijkerk, Steenwijkerwold

• Adriana Plugge (0), Scheveningen
• Adriaan Bakker (66), Leerbroek
• Anna Bernardina PLATTE (48), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Jan Berends Boer (63), Hoogeveen
• Anna Elisabeth Melis (67), Tongerlo
• Andries Philippus Lok (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Van Beckhoven (72), Oisterwijk
• Andries Gerbens Miedema (45), Aalsum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Agostinho Silveira Flores (36), Lages, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Adam Soeterboek (82), Geertruidenberg

• 1874 » Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian († 1948)
• 1877 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer († 1945)
• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)
• 1878 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman († 1956)
• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)
• 1884 » Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1970)
• 1890 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1893 » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist († 1978)
• 1893 » Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet († 1918)

• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)

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.
• January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
• March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
• June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• 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.
• October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

The temperature on March 18, 1886 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.