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• Alijda van Kolfschoten, Leusden
• Adrianus Roovers, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Agnes Snoek († 1928)
• Alida Johanna Sipjes, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolfs Joseph Derks, Amsterdam († 1953)
• Aleijda Van van Kolfschoten, Amersfoort
• Albert Willem van Zeijst, Apeldoorn († 1968)
• Anna Geertruida Braaksma, Ommen
• Huibers, haarlemmermeer († 1887)
• Amy Stevens, England († 1967)

• Adrianus de KROES (5), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna Maria van der Borst (81), Etten-Leur
• Anna Catharina Dorethea Christina Graphorn (81), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Lodevicusdr. Teensma (0), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria MUYLAERT (72), Pamel
• Akke Lodevicusd Teensma (0), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Somsen (83), Alto Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
• Arendiene (Arendina) Gruwel (64), Ommen (Ambt)
• Andries Michel de Buck (51), Meester Cornelis, Batavia, Indonesie
• Alida Kaandorp (42), Bergen

• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)
• 1884 » Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator († 1933)
• 1889 » Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor († 1968)
• 1889 » Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer († 1977)
• 1891 » Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic († 1953)

• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
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.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• 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.
• July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• 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 August 8, 1887 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.