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• Anne Adelaide Mathilde Boedt, Bruges
• Adriana Pietermella Harmsen, Klundert († 1972)
• Alberdina Jacoba VERMEIJ, Dubbeldam († 1887)
• Alida Henardina Mathilde Ebing, Amsterdam
• Aleida Berendina HISSINK, Steenderen, Nederland, Gelderland, Toldijk († 1887)
• Anna Adriana Gravesteijn, Overschie (ZH-NLD) († 1888)
• Anna Detmers, Borgsweer
• Anna Dethmers, Borgsweer, Termunten,, Groningen, Nederland
• adriana van HERWIJNEN, oud-beijerland († 1944)
• Aaltjen Nachtegaal, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1886)

• Aaltje Jans Booy (63), den Ham ovVroomshoop
• Aarnoud Cornelisse Huibregtse (79), Westkapelle
• Adriaantje Benjert (1), Goudswaard
• Angenietje Hokke (2), Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna Everharda Cornelia Vierkant (2), Het Haagje, gem Hoogeveen
• Antonia van der Kolk (0), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Ludovicus Carolus Heldring (87), Brink en Orden, Apeldoorn, Gelderland (NL.)
• Anthonie Johannes van der Blink (0), Oostvoorne
• Aarnoud Kornelis Huibregtsen (79), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Aaltje Booij (63), Vroomshoop, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)
• 1890 » Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter († 1973)
• 1892 » Pavel Korin, Russian painter († 1967)
• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)

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.
• 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.
• June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
• 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.
• October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
• 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 8, 1886 was about 13.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.