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• Agatha Feddema, Kloosterburen, Nederland († 1959)
• Aaltjen Zieverink, Warnsveld
• Aaltje Philips, Aardscheveld (Assen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1928)
• * Johanna de Koning, Schijndel († 1969)
• Aaltjen Zieverink, Warnsveld, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1952)
• Dague, Custer, Mason, Michigan, United States († 1886)
• Abraham Gabrielse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1886)
• Aafje Lub, Enkhuizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Adrianus van Nuland, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Philips († 1928)

• Adriana Aletta Bolluijt (0)
• Anna Margaretha van der Wall Bake (4), Hilversum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dague (0)
• Antonia Rothuizen (41), Arnhem Gld. NL
• Anna VAN DEN BERG (59), Rijkevorsel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Anna Gertruddis GRUINTJES (10), Arcen en Velden
• Angela Antonia De Boungne (83), Westmalle, Antwerpen, Belgium
• 'Hélène' Flavie Henriette Marie Ghislaine THOMAS (0), Turnhout, 2300, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Anke Dijkstra (37), Nieuwer Amstel
• Agnietje Magdalena Arum van (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)
• 1887 » James Paul Moody, English sailor († 1912)
• 1891 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier († 2007)
• 1892 » Charles Vanel, French actor and director († 1989)
• 1894 » Christian Schad, German painter († 1982)
• 1895 » Blossom Rock, American actress († 1978)

• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)

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.
• 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.
• March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
• 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 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

The temperature on August 21, 1886 was about 24.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.