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• Alphonsus Gilles, IJzendijke (Sluis), Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrina van Haperen, Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant) († 1887)
• Alida Mets, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Leonardus van der Lijn, Antwerpen,Antwerpen,Belgie († 1943)
• Aagje Kamerman, giessendam (zuid holland) († 1941)
• Alice Ruby Spink
• Aldegonda Kuppens, Overpelt (B) († 1888)
• Alida Barbara van Maele, Zwevezele, Belgium († 1963)
• Adrana Groen, IJsselmonde (Rotterdam), Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adriana Groen, IJsselmonde, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Cornelia Mol (1), Zevenbergen (Moerdijk) (Noord-Brabant)
• Antoon Rijgersma, Leeuwarden
• Benjamin Franklin Moise (56), Aiken, Aiken, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Alles Spiekholt (77), Sint Johannesga, Schoterland,, Friesland, Nederland
• "Louise" Elisabeth Charlotte de La Tour du Pin Chambly de La Charce (72), Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
• Akke Johannes Noordenbos (11)
• Akke Noordenbos (11), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Alles Spiekhout (78), Sintjohannesga
• Arie Gijsbertus van Ginkel (0), Maarsseveen
• Antonia Wools (49), Wilp

• 1878 » Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer († 1941)
• 1879 » Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright († 1961)
• 1882 » Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer († 1941)
• 1885 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player († 1968)
• 1885 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author († 1973)
• 1890 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral († 1947)
• 1891 » Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator († 1938)
• 1891 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player († 1920)
• 1893 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor († 1951)
• 1895 » Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)

• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Geertruida
15. Antje
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.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on January 15, 1887 was about -4.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.