About the day » Friday July 2, 1886Calender converter

• Aart van den Brandhof, Ede († 1976)
• Johanna Maria Berende, Geertruidenberg († 1889)
• Alphons Felix Siermann, Sneek
• Anna Helena Fährmann, Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems)
• , Schipluiden († 1965)
• Anna Cornelia Zengers, Luijksgestel († 1945)
• Aaron de Gorter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Helene Fehrmann, Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Deutschland
• Anje Nap, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland († 1936)
• Adrianus Pols, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1947)

• Antie Ket (74), Loosduinen, Nederland
• Bernard 1799 McDonald (89), Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada
• Adrianus Barendregt (1)
• Amedé Stevens (0), Temse
• Anthonius Josephus van Berkel (0), Bennebroek, NH, Nederland
• Antje Ket (74), Loosduinen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Adolf Molanus (0), Bellingwolde (gem. Westerwolde)
• Alida Florentina van der Waals (30), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Berg (0), Siddeburen (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• (Stillborn) STAVASIUS (0), Oldekerk Groningen Netherlands

• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)
• 1893 » Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author († 1950)
• 1900 » Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera († 1966)
• 1900 » Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director († 1971)
• 1902 » K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic († 1968)

• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)

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 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
• March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
• May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
• June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

The temperature on July 2, 1886 was about 18.6 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.