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• Adrianus Hendrik Johan Alma, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Annegien Klinkien, De Krim († 1971)
• Alida Drost, Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Albert Saxon, 145 Odessa Road Forest Gate († 1966)
• Aldegonda Johanna Sophia Van Leuven, Arnhem, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Nuijten, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1931)
• Anna Grootenhuis, Amsterdam
• Alida Drost, Rhenen
• Schnieders, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1894)
• Alice Cohn, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

• Margje Van Den Hof (60), Zutphen
• * Johannes Marcé (46), Nieuwkuijk
• Adriana Pietronella Schorer (63), Ermelo
• Alida Scheepmaker (41), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland
• Adriana Pieternella Radermacher Schorer (63), Ermelo, Gld, Nederland
• Brinkman (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aloys Deraedt (0), Woumen
• Adriana Petronella Radermacher Schorer (63), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaaan DE KONING (34), Zevenbergen,Gemeente Moerdijk,North Brabant,Netherlands
• "Joanna Maria" Maria Maria (66), Berlicum, NL

• 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)
• 1892 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist († 1949)
• 1893 » Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist († 1981)
• 1894 » Irving Mills, American publisher († 1985)
• 1895 » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician († 1947)
• 1895 » Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author († 1955)
• 1895 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1966)

• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)

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 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on January 16, 1887 was about -10.4 °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 84%.