About the day » Friday August 13, 1886Calender converter

• Arend Spiegelenberg, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Dijkers, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Arend SPIJKER, Zwolle (Overijssel, The Netherlands) († 1886)
• de Kind, Sint-Jansteen († 1956)
• Abraham SCHRAM de JONG, Sliedrecht
• Abraham Herstel, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Pieters Marinusz Schram de Jong, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Abraham Pieter Schram de Jong, Sliedrecht
• ALICE MARIE JEANNE POLET, HARZE († 1967)
• Apolonia Heijman, Hontenisse († 1951)

• Adrianus VAN LOON (49), Weelde, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Aaltje Pieters Roersma (84), Nijehaske, 8466, Nederland
• Anna Maria Theresia de Smit (66), Oss
• Aaltjen van Loenen (2), Zevenhuizen (Apeldoorn)
• Catharina Gans (34), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aris van Willigen (1), Amsterdam, Nederland
• de Boer (57)
• Adrianus Wouter Boudewijnse (36), Den Helder
• Angelus GOEMAERE (66), Oostrozebeke,, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Anton Van Puffelen (35), Middelburg

• 1879 » John Ireland, English composer and educator († 1962)
• 1884 » Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach († 1957)
• 1888 » Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor († 1975)
• 1888 » John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television († 1946)
• 1889 » Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal († 1958)
• 1895 » Bert Lahr, American actor († 1967)
• 1895 » István Barta, Hungarian water polo player († 1948)
• 1898 » Jean Borotra, French tennis player († 1994)
• 1898 » Regis Toomey, American actor († 1991)
• 1899 » Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer († 1980)

• 1826 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)

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.
• 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.
• May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
• June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
• 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.
• November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on August 13, 1886 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.