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• Anna Jozephina Maria Smeele, Maassluis
• Adriana van den Berg, Ochten († 1976)
• Albertien Winters, Kloosterveen, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1886)
• Aldert Engelsman, Appingedam 4 († 1970)
• (Cato) Catharina Maria Hendriks, Rotterdam
• Albert Pierre Jullien, Azeffoun, Algérie († 1959)
• Agatha Anna Maria Carolina de Iongh, Djenar (res. Kedoe)
• Alida Wilhelmina Dijkhuizen, Scheveningen († 1886)
• Adriana Blijlevens, Dongen
• ?? Altena, Leeuwarden

• Adriana Elizabeth Jongkindt (72), Middelburg
• Albertina Antonia van Noord (0), Leiden, Nederland
• Anna Porthaels (74), Maastricht
• Antonius Otto Croonen (68), Ewijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alena Pearl Kirkpatrick Stanhope (31), AR
• Antonia van den Broek (77), Zundert
• Aleid van Zomeren (10), Barneveld
• ? ? (49)
• Aloysia Geelhand (39)
• Anna Elisabeth van der Blom (5), Oostvoorne

• 1873 » Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician († 1955)
• 1874 » Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist († 1931)
• 1878 » John Masefield, English author and poet († 1967)
• 1879 » Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast († 1956)
• 1882 » Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău († 1940)
• 1887 » Clive Brook, English actor († 1974)
• 1889 » Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher († 1957)
• 1889 » James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1974)
• 1890 » Frank Morgan, American actor († 1949)
• 1892 » Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, († 1960)

• 1846 » Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
• 1861 » John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
• 1864 » Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
• 1868 » James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
• 1879 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
• 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)

• 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.
• 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 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
• 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.
• July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
• November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
• November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on June 1, 1886 was about 24.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.