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• Antje Schuurman, Broek in Waterland, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Anneke Hassing, Noordbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1980)
• Antonia Bosch, Apeldoorn
• Albert Clinton Taylor, Bartow, Flevoland, Nederland († 1920)
• Adriana Kortekaas, Zoeterwoude († 1955)
• Antonia Catharina Hegeman, Putten († 1917)
• Arend Oelen, Ambt Ommen († 1953)
• Anna Maria Wesseling, Bloemendaal († 1896)
• Aaltje Koolwijk, Stolwijk († 1889)
• , Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)

• (Stillborn) Sprokholt (0), Heerde, Nederland
• Aaltje Dekker (2), Peize, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adele Brouwer (27), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Gustaaf August Prins van Croy-Dülmen (59), Buchberg aan de Kemp, Niederösterreich
• Antonetta Maria de Vaan (0), Vlijmen
• Arend Jans Spin (81), Ter Idzard, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aart Gijsbertsen van de Pol (82), barneveld
• Anne Jilles Bosma (75), Grijpskerk
• Alexander Gustav August van Croÿ (59), Schloss Buchberg am Kamp
• Alexander Gustav August von Croÿ (59), Buchberg am Kamp, Nieder"osterreich, Austria

• 1879 » Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation († 1954)
• 1881 » René Cresté, French actor and director († 1922)
• 1886 » Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician († 1937)
• 1886 » Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands († 1968)
• 1886 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author († 1968)
• 1890 » David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic († 1957)
• 1890 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1891 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic († 1951)
• 1894 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa († 1982)
• 1895 » Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic († 1969)

• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)

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 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.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on December 5, 1887 was about 4.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.