About the day » Thursday May 20, 1886Calender converter

• * Grietje # Zielstra, Blankenham († 1920)
• Adrianus Albertus van Wijk, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1955)
• Alfred Goldschmidt, Krotoszyn, Wlkp., Poland († 1887)
• Aaltje te Bos, Ten Boer, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Leusink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1958)
• de Weerd, Nieuwe Pekela († 1886)
• Alida van der Jagt
• Adriana Quartel, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1886)
• ADRIANUS LUDOVICUS VEECKMANS, Schilde († 1886)
• Aaltje HILVERSUM

• Alphons Joseph Kleinekort (0), Rotterdam
• Adolphine Joseph DELPLACE (70), Enquin-les-Mines,62295,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Aartje van de Meent (72), Maarn, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utr, NL
• Antje Durks van der Werf (59), Longerhouw
• Albertje Bijker (62), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart Nieuwveld (1), Gouda
• Albertje BIJKER (61), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aartje (Ortje) Van De Meent (72), Maarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• de Weerd (0), Nieuwe Pekela
• Aartje van de MEENT (72), Maarn (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)
• 1894 » Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar († 1994)
• 1895 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B († 1937)
• 1897 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author († 1983)
• 1897 » Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower († 1986)

• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)

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.
• 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.
• 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 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
• October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

The temperature on May 20, 1886 was about 20.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.