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• Adrianus Gerardus Persoon, Monster
• Adriaan Eland, Klundert, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1886)
• Ada Holley, Mason County, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1952)
• Alida Jantina Klemens, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Allegonda van Riel, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Van Rheede, Elden (Elst) († 1886)
• Albert KOOPS, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1962)
• Anna Christina Bergmans, Tilburg, Tilburg, Noord Babant, Nederland († 1963)
• Aalbertus Evers, Kootwijkerbroek (Barneveld), Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Adolf, André Van Hecke, Bellem († 1955)

• Asenath Cole (74), New York State, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia (Elizabeth) Franke (71), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonie Willem Ringlever (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Matheson (81)
• Ana Constança Gonçalves dos Santos (33), Casa Branca, São Paulo, Brasil
• Van Rheede (0), Elden (Elst)
• Abraham SPRONG (5), Middelharnis
• Anna Catharina Petronella Oostenrijk (Oosterwijk) (39), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Boele Everts de Haan (41), Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albert Smit (56), Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1879 » Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War († 1962)
• 1880 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic († 1951)
• 1882 » Albert Dunstan, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Victoria († 1950)
• 1885 » André Maurois, French soldier and author († 1967)
• 1885 » Roy Castleton, American Major League Baseball player (d.1967)
• 1886 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor († 1965)
• 1888 » Reginald Hands, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1918)
• 1890 » Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1942)
• 1892 » Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager († 1966)
• 1893 » George Grosz, German painter and illustrator († 1959)

• 1863 » Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
• 1867 » Otto, king of Greece (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)

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 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
• May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
• June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
• November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
• November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on July 26, 1886 was about 21.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.