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• Anna Geertruida Welharms, Stad Almelo († 1886)
• Adriana Laage (Lage), Sommelsdijk († 1886)
• Anna (2) van Bergen, Mijnsheerenland, Gem. Binnenmaas, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Alida van Zalingen, Vreeland (Stichtse Vecht), Utrecht, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Isabella Melis, Tilburg († 1929)
• Alida Vrij, Amsterdam
• Alida van Gelderen, Schiedam
• (Stillborn) DATEMA, Aduard Groningen Netherlands († 1886)
• Driever, Emmer-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1886)
• Anna Petronella Gillissen, Amsterdam

• Berendina van der Weerd (48), Hasselt, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annetje Maartense Slot (59), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Oldenhof
• Aaltje Langevoort (72), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• August Pierre Raes (0), Oostnieuwkerke
• Aaltje Jans WESTERHOFF (1), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• "Konrad" Ferdinand Leonhard Ludwig von der Recke (53), Berlin
• Anna M. "Annie" Oakes (5), Metcalfe Co., Kentucky
• Berendina van der Weerd, Hasselt
• Bartholomeus (Mewis) Majoor (64), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Nederland

• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1883 » Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy († 1945)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)
• 1884 » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy († 1975)
• 1885 » Theda Bara, American actress († 1955)
• 1887 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1888 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope († 1982)
• 1891 » Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic († 1966)
• 1892 » William Powell, American actor and singer († 1984)

• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)

• 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.
• June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
• August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
• September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
• 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 29, 1886 was about 13.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.