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• Abel PRUIS, Bedum Groningen Netherlands († 1966)
• Aaltje Kramer, Harderwijk († 1973)
• Smidt
• Albert Meilink, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1969)
• Abraham Wassenaar, Minnertsga († 1973)
• leduc († 1961)
• Adrianus Prince, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Hazenhoek, Siddeburen († 1965)
• ? Raaijmaekers, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Anna Maria Lenders, Helden († 1963)

• Albert Boers (30), Renswoude, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia de BAKKER (68), Wouw (N.Br. Nl)
• Adraanus Johannes van Rijswijk (61), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Amelia Vanneste (61), Oostkamp, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Margaretha Neehoff (69), Rütenbrock, Duitsland
• Aleida Geziena Harten
• Anna Margaretha Neehoff (69), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems)
• Albert Boers (30), Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Maaijen (0), Den Haag
• Annigje Burger (47), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1875 » Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War († 1941)
• 1877 » Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat († 1949)
• 1878 » Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player († 1942)
• 1878 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Tauzin, French hurdler († 1918)
• 1882 » Artur Schnabel, Jewish-Polish pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1888 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer († 1954)
• 1891 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author († 1965)
• 1895 » Robert Dean Frisbie, American soldier and author († 1948)
• 1896 » Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist († 1999)

• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)

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.
• April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
• 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 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.
• 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.

The temperature on April 17, 1886 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.