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• Adrianus Hermanus Brandenburg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adrianus Hermanus Brandenburg, Rotterdam
• Adriaan Dubbeld, Oterleek († 1923)
• Anna Sijs, Berkhout († 1966)
• Adriana van 't GELOOF, Ouddorp
• Anna Maria Catharina Rosa Kneepkens, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland († 1959)
• * Hendrika Koolen, Drunen († 1918)
• Anna Theresia Knoben, Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf († 1968)
• Albert Vos, Schoonoord (Sleen)
• Anna Maria Degen, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)

• Anna Maria van der Linden (0), Utrecht
• Anthonie van Uxem (76), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Stuijfzand (0)
• Antonius van der Linden (0), Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Bernardus Petrus Lissone (0), Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Adriana van Duijn (0), Katwijk
• Anna Maria van Niekerk (29), Alphen
• Arij Cornelisz Monster (84), Maasdam, Nederland
• Albert van der Bijl (0), Zevenhoven
• Arie Cornelisz Monster (84), Maasdam

• 1878 » Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer († 1933)
• 1879 » Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author († 1964)
• 1879 » Taishō, emperor of Japan († 1926)
• 1880 » Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands († 1962)
• 1884 » George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science († 1956)
• 1885 » DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright († 1940)
• 1890 » August Alle, Estonian poet and author († 1952)
• 1893 » Lily Laskine, French harp player († 1988)
• 1894 » Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author († 1982)
• 1896 » Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal († 1979)

• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)

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. Grietje
12. Neeltje
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.
• May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
• June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• 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 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

The temperature on August 31, 1886 was about 23.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.