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• Adrianus Baartman, Rotterdam († 1923)
• Amalia Sophia van der Haas, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Albertje Meun, Urk
• Aaltje Bijl, Giethoorn († 1974)
• Anna Geertrui van Lummel, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anne Gruenfeld († 1957)
• Aaltje Heren Schoone, Großefehn
• Andrew Lafayette Gatlin, Wetumpka, Gadsden, Florida († 1979)
• Alettinus Branderhorst, De Werken, Nederland († 1888)
• Albert Westerhof, Oosterhesselen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Gees († 1977)

• Anna Theresia VANDAMME (82), Adinkerke,8660,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adalbert de Bourbon-Naundorf (47), Bergen op Zoom, N.B
• Anna Elisabeth* Kerkheide (60), Gimbte, Greven, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Antje Veldhuijzen (61), Soest, Nederland
• Anna Francisca Lenjouw (68)
• Allegonda Antonia Maria van Stenis (64), Ambarawa, Semarang (Ned.Indië)
• Anna Elizabeth Hoffschlag (58), Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Robberts (53), Heerlen
• Aaltje Veldhuijzen (61), Soest,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adelberth Naundorff (47), Bergen op Zoom, Pays-Bas

• 1878 » James Truslow Adams, American historian and author († 1949)
• 1880 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist († 1940)
• 1881 » Max Gerson, German-born American physician († 1959)
• 1882 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1887 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong († 1946)
• 1888 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor († 1925)
• 1893 » George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic († 1966)
• 1893 » Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1961)
• 1894 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet († 1960)
• 1894 » Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator († 1977)

• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)

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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• 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 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.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.

The temperature on October 18, 1887 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.