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• Aldert Nagel, Stroobos, Friesland, Netherlands († 1954)
• Albert Bakker, Firn
• Aagtje Hinderika Galliard, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1889)
• Aafje van der Hoek, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Achiel Joseph Depuydt, Vladslo, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1887)
• Alfred Robert Millar, Napier, New Zealand († 1947)
• Alidoor Vanthournout, Werken
• Maria Gloudemans, Geffen († 1888)
• +Adriana Lubbe van der Lubbe, Oegstgeest († 1909)
• Alida Anna Bongers, Baarn, Nederland († 1984)

• Albert POPKEN (45), Westdorp (Borger), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Timmerman (45), Urk
• Adolf von Degenfeld-Schonburg (78), Salzburg, Autriche
• Annegien Alderts (76), Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Louis Maria van den Barselaar (0), Den Haag
• Aaltje Timmerman (45)
• Adolphe de Degenfeld-Schonbourg (78)
• Albert Hendrkus Nijhof (71), Zwolle
• Anna Margaretha Habets, Klimmen, Voerendaal
• Adriaan Corneliss de Hoop (73), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)
• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1886 » Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator († 1962)
• 1888 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot († 1989)
• 1892 » Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach († 1957)
• 1892 » Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian († 1957)
• 1892 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic († 1956)
• 1893 » Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet, critic, and academic († 1984)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• 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 18, 1887 was about -5.5 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.