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• Adriana Anna van den Berg, Delft, Nederland
• Adrianus Leonardus Leenders, Beek en Donk, Laarbeek († 1902)
• Alice Annette Beckman ****, Hayes Township, Swift, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Albertje Wassing, Leermens, 't Zandt,, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• Aafje Cornelis Nekeman, Blokzijl, Nederland
• Adamina Bosch, Zwolle
• Albertus Grotenhuis, Heino
• Alida Maria Heijkoop, Gemeente Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Adrianus Josephus Snoeren, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• Adrianus Jacobus Swagemakers, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nl († 1956)

• Adriana Damen (35), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Meer (4), Zegwaart, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Lijzen (58), Lochem
• Aartje Middelkoop (60), Lexmond
• Alma Lillian Cheney (0), Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Barbe Moria (67), Sint-Truiden, België
• Anna Catharina VAN DE REYT (86), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anton Abraham Berdenis van Berlekom (22), Leiden
• Adriana Verstoep (50), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• van der Berg (0), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1879 » Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge († 1965)
• 1879 » Waldemar Tietgens, German rower († 1917)
• 1881 » Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci († 1953)
• 1882 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician († 1940)
• 1884 » Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor († 1950)
• 1884 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator († 1969)
• 1886 » Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician († 1971)
• 1888 » Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist († 1948)
• 1893 » James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany († 1978)
• 1893 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice († 1964)

• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1920 » William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)

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 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
• 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.
• 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 March 26, 1886 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.