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• Aleida Wilhelmina Appelhof, Deventer
• Achiel DE TEMMERMAN, Oosterzele,9860,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1944)
• Abel Jonkman, De Wilp, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolph Emile Otken, Ambarawa ( Semarang), Ned. Indie
• Age Jentjes Kuperus, Bakkeveen, Nederland († 1887)
• Kuizinga, Baflo († 1887)
• Aleida Koeze, Veendijk († 1946)
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• Aagje Buur, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Sap, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland

• Berendina Wielaker (72), Beltrum, Eibergen, Gld, Nederland
• Sturkenboom (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Bernardus Hermans Bommezijn (75), Zoeterwoude
• (Stillborn) TINGA (0), Hennaarderadeel Friesland Netherlands
• Arij Huijssen (72), Hulst
• Albertus Kuiper (0), Stad Almelo, in wijk 7 nr. 299
• Augustinus Vonk (58), Sint Jansteen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Berend Brouwer (0), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Versteeg (1), Haarzuilens
• Anna Elisabeth Bolleurs (76), Haarlem

• 1881 » Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician († 1960)
• 1883 » Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War († 1963)
• 1883 » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet († 1941)
• 1885 » A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist († 1967)
• 1885 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia († 1945)
• 1885 » Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor († 1972)
• 1888 » Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1891 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1972) name="Jöckle1995">Clemens Jöckle (1995). Encyclopedia of Saints. Alpine Fine Arts Collection. p.319. ISBN978-0-88168-226-7.</ref>
• 1891 » Storm Jameson, English journalist and author († 1986)
• 1891 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)

• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)

• 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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• 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.

The temperature on January 8, 1887 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.