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• Albert Braakhekke, Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1953)
• Angelina Van Lint, Grobbendonk, België († 1937)
• Alberdina Voets, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1887)
• Agnes Adolfine Gossow, Batavia (NOI) († 1949)
• Aleida Gerridina Greve, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Cornelia Boedijn, Delft, Nederland († 1962)
• Adeleida van Heek, Xanten († 1952)
• Adriaan WIT de, St Oedenrode
• Angelina Van Lint, Grobbendonk († 1937)
• Adolph Heinrich August Gustav, Arnhem, Nederland († 1935)

• Alexander Cornelis van Essen (0), Delft
• Anna Alberta Sieders (64), Amsterdam (Buiten Gasthuis)
• Arent Jan Kolthof (81), Holterhoek, Berkelland, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anthonie van den Biesheuvel (62), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Vallenduuk (1), Haarlem
• Adriana Jacoba van den Bosch (64), Oegstgeest, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba van den Bosch (64), Oegstgeest
• Andrew Sproul (70), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Arij Blok (3), unbekannt
• Anna Alberta Sieders (64), Amsterdam

• 1873 » Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist († 1956)
• 1874 » Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker († 1937)
• 1874 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1876 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician († 1958)
• 1878 » William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete († 1946)
• 1882 » Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer († 1976)
• 1887 » Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and critic († 1936)
• 1892 » Maud Hart Lovelace, American author († 1980)
• 1896 » Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1977)
• 1897 » Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood († 1965)

• 1873 » Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
• 1875 » 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 » Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1890 » Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
• 1891 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
• 1892 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (b. 1839)
• 1911 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (b. 1859)

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.
• February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
• March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• 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.
• June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• 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 April 25, 1886 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.