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• Adrianus (Janus) de Waal, Dordrecht, Nederland († 1965)
• Albert Ates Feenstra, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1894)
• Adriaan de Bruine, Haamstede
• Albert Feenstra, Warga, Idaarderaadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1890)
• Adeline Kathryn (Addie) Schuetz, Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
• Anna Maria Damen, Oosterhout, Noord Brabant († 1886)
• Albertje Veldman, Slagharen († 1969)
• Albert Zwier, Frederiksoord,vledder, Drenthe, Nederland († 1972)
• Adrianus Engel, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Albertus Kamps, Valthermond († 1963)

• Adriaan van der Meijden (5), Monster
• Annette van Dijkhuizen (0), Nijkerk
• Adrianus van Dorp (59), haarlemmermeer (noord holland)
• Annetje van den Berg (71), Oldebroek, Gld. Nederland
• Abraham Heitman (65), 's-Graveland
• Anna Maria van Osselt, Jette
• Anthonia IJzerman (0), Scherpenisse Gem. Tholen Zeeland Nederland
• Arnold Nijssen (48), Steenbergen
• Adriana van der Vloet (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Alexius Vindevogel, Ophasselt Oost-Vlaanderen

• 1876 » Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter († 1924)
• 1877 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician († 1926)
• 1877 » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1946)
• 1879 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer († 1962)
• 1884 » Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician († 1974)
• 1885 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic († 1930)
• 1885 » Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1891 » William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator († 1949)
• 1893 » Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer († 1974)
• 1895 » Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee († 1982)

• 1843 » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1865 » Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
• 1896 » Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (b. 1825)
• 1911 » Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (b. 1847)
• 1915 » William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (b. 1882)
• 1926 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875)
• 1932 » Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)

• 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 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
• 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 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
• 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.

The temperature on September 11, 1886 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.