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• Aagje Groenendijk, Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Aart Jongejan, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Aafke Vorenholt, Leek († 1895)
• Adrienne Antoinette Haga, Batavia, Indonesië
• Adriaan Blom, Vlieland († 1909)
• Adrianus Joannes van Ballegooij, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelaide Lavinia Martin, Sydney, NSW, Aus, 2 Barcom Place, Darlinghurst († 1952)
• Albertus Johannes Burgering, Alkmaar
• Alberto Evangelista Alves, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adrianus Gijsbertus van Iersel, Tilburg († 1982)

• Anna Maria Manders (67), Helmond, NL
• Adrianus van Balkom (63), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius, Gerhardus Godschalk (0), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Aldegonda Theodora Francisca Houba (18), Maastricht
• Alphons VROMEN (0), Schin op Geul (NL/LI)
• Albertje Kiel (0), Veenhuizen (gem. Onstwedde)
• Adriaantje Jagt (80), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland, Nederland
• Aaltje Negenman (32), Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Fens (1), Made en Drimmelen
• Antonie Wijlaars (38), Helmond

• 1885 » Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician († 1959)
• 1885 » Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater († 1962)
• 1887 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic († 1968)
• 1887 » François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist († 1915)
• 1887 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot († 1947)
• 1891 » August Froehlich, German priest and martyr († 1942)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)
• 1891 » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic († 1976)
• 1892 » Bessie Coleman, American pilot († 1926)

• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)

• 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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• 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 26, 1887 was about -0.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.