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• Maria Elisabeth van Dongen, Raamsdonkveer
• Andreas ¢stergêard, Harte
• Adalecisa Bombarda, Magnacavallo, Mantova, Lombardia, Italia († 1930)
• Alphonus Antonius Pelzers, Munstergeleen, Gemeente Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland († 1961)
• Albert Broadus White, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1964)
• Alphons Hubert Lemmens, Valkenburg,, Limburg, Nederland († 1978)
• Adriana Hendrikse, Ouwerkerk († 1900)
• Albert Jan Koldenhof, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1922)
• Aloisius Cornelius JANSSEN, Alphen en Riel,Noord-Brabant,PAYS BAS († 1985)
• Anje Oosterhoff, Leegkerk,, Groningen, Nederland († 1960)

• WESTERMAN, DALEN
• Albert Hogenkamp (4), Archem
• Alida Hallie (0), Zaandam
• Antonetta Allegonda Boelens (55), Groningen
• Adrianus Touwenberger (76), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernard Dietrich Holzmann (86)
• Adriaan Coppens (46), Tilburg
• Anna Hendrikse (72), Nieuwerkerke, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Baltes Dennekamp (45), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aart Snikkers (0), Rotterdam

• 1880 » Arthur Dove, American painter and educator († 1946)
• 1882 » Albert Bloch, American painter and academic († 1961)
• 1882 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager († 1936)
• 1884 » Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela († 1969)
• 1886 » John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia († 1961)
• 1887 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician († 1960)
• 1889 » Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress († 1929)
• 1891 » Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor († 1975)
• 1891 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian († 1971)
• 1892 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. († 1978)

• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (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 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
• May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
• 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.
• October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
• November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

The temperature on August 2, 1886 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.