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• Anna Johanna Ramak, Amsterdam († 1929)
• Aagje de Jong, Makkum (gem. Súdwest-Fryslân) († 1920)
• Anna Leering, Zuid-Scharwoude († 1962)
• Anna Arendina Elisabeth Bongers, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1905)
• ALBERT ROUWKEMA, MEEDEN, Groningen, Nederland († 1973)
• Alberdina Johanna Duistermaat, Zutphen Gld
• Adriana Sledsens, 's-Graveland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Aaltje Hennipman, Weesperkarspel († 1886)
• Albert Dengerink, Olst
• Kloppenburg, Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1886)

• Aike Cornelis Veen (81), Oude Pekela
• Adrianus Andreas Joannis van den Heuvel (0), Woensel en Eckart
• Aaltje Kroonstra (84), Gaast, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna BODMER (45)
• (Stillbirth) FEDDEMA (0), Groningen
• Alida Maria Anna Kruijer (0), Haarlem, N-H, The Netherlands
• Angèle, Marie RICHARD (2), Pâturages, 7340, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Albert Sieberink (Siebrink) (65), Haarlo-Borculo (Berkelland)
• Albert Siebrink (65), Borculo
• Annigje van der Vlist (5), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1878 » George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1884 » Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1950)
• 1885 » Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic († 1959)
• 1887 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician († 1922)
• 1888 » Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author († 1985)
• 1891 » Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer († 1984)
• 1894 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director († 1981)
• 1896 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic († 1982)
• 1898 » Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1983)

• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)

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.
• April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
• 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 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.
• June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• 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 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

The temperature on August 28, 1886 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.