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• Aafjen Jongman, vollenhove († 1944)
• AGATHA KAMP, AMSTERDAM
• Adriaan Jumelet, Bruinisse († 1970)
• Gerestein, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
• Adriaan Jumelet, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1970)
• Anna Maria van Wegberg, Echt († 1971)
• , Herwen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van van Wegberg, Echt († 1971)
• Ada Humphreville, Martins Ferry, Belmont, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1888)
• Anthonia Margarteha MELL, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Arnoldina van der Linden (35), Eindhoven Strijp
• Alexander Gerardus van der Klift (1), Rhenen, Nederland
• Adriana Timmermans (71), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Cornelis Theodorus Overvoorde (11), Rijswijk
• Adrianus van Velthuijsen (0), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amalie von Sydow (79)
• Anna Margaretha Broers (0), Utrecht
• Adriana Dekkers (79), Wouw
• Adrianus Rommens (0), Etten-Leur, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Eijk (45), Lierop,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• 1876 » Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1879 » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer († 1932)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader († 1926)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)
• 1880 » Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator († 1959)
• 1885 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1885 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral († 1957)
• 1887 » A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter († 1938)
• 1891 » Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet († 1958)
• 1894 » Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher († 1970)

• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)

• 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 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
• June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

The temperature on May 22, 1886 was about 20.2 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.