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• Adrianus Johannes Stolker, Utrecht Utr († 1888)
• Alfred SCHULTE, Antwerpen (Antwerpen) (B)
• adrianus BOUMAN, goudswaard
• Alessandro Giuseppe Matteo Domenico Cicognani, Forli, Forlì-Cesena, Italy
• Aaltje Douwes de Wind, Grouw († 1962)
• Adolf Freiherr von Weichs zur Wenne, Rauxel,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany,kasteel Bladenhorst († 1972)
• Adriana de Vor, Papekop
• Adrianus Johannes Stolker, Utrecht († 1888)
• Aaltje Douwes de Wind, Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1962)
• Aart Rietveld, Hoornaar († 1957)

• Abraham den Engelsen (90), Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus van der Molen (54), Koekange, De Wijk
• Amelie Decroix (53), Wervik
• Aagje Andeweg (82), Numansdorp
• Abraham Focker (45), Schermerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Andries Wilhelmus Driessen (1), Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Warren (56), Menallen, Adams County, PA
• Aatami Villenpoika Soukka (57), Soukansaari, Karelië, Finland
• Anje Baar- (0), Uithuizermeeden, Nederland
• Segers (0), Asten

• 1876 » Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany († 1967)
• 1879 » Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and academic († 1946)
• 1880 » Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1881 » Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor and painter († 1934)
• 1882 » Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist († 1958)
• 1885 » Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant († 1940)
• 1886 » Markus Reiner, Israeli physicist and engineer († 1976)
• 1892 » Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse († 1984)
• 1893 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian-American guru and philosopher († 1952)
• 1897 » Kiyoshi Miki, Japanese philosopher and author († 1945)

• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)

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.
• January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on January 5, 1887 was about -0.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.