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• Adrianus Verhoef, Haarzuilens († 1960)
• Amandus Constantinus Geukens, Heppen, Limburg, België († 1898)
• Aaltje Vos, Ermelo († 1931)
• Alfred Eduard Westmaas, Paramaribo Suriname
• Adrianus Cornelis de BRUIJN, Utrecht († 1968)
• (Naamloos) (Fokkes) Brouwer, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1887)
• Aäron Salomons, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• A.C Minister zonder portefeuille in 't 2de kabinet Drees1952-1956 De Bruyn, Utrecht († 1968)
• Aaltje Johans Porte, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1963)
• Aagje van Kapel, Zuidland

• Aaltjen Harms Wolf (77), Wapserveen (Havelte) 55
• Anthonia Joanna Besselaar (79)
• Antonie Willem van Essen (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alieda Vermijne (88), Ophemert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Dassen (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• christina maria anna van der maesen (54), heythuysen
• Bastiaan Naaktgeboren (47), charlois (rotterdam)
• Catharina Vervooren (76), Haarlem
• Anna Everdina Barink (4), Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Labree (2), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)
• 1890 » Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator († 1977)
• 1892 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist († 1964)
• 1892 » John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force († 1919)
• 1893 » Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer († 1986)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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 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.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on November 5, 1887 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.