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• Adolf Albert Haas († 1915)
• Aart Huisman, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1948)
• Adriana Bezuijen, Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaldert van Remmerden, Eck en Wiel
• adrianus de KIEVIT, rockanje († 1888)
• Albert Paulus D�sir� Maurits, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aale Klaas van der Veen, Vlagtwedde († 1945)
• Achille Joseph Tytgat, Hulste, Belgi
• Albert Edenfeldt Nelson, Fillmore Co., Nebraska († 1979)
• Adrianus van Loon, Wouw, Noord Brabant, nederland († 1888)

• Anthonie Könst (62), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Theodorus Heijligers (42), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grootenboer (0), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hageman (0), Rijssen
• Antje Tabes Annema (28), Akkerwoude
• Aaltje Roelofs Hemkes (0), Hemrik
• Archibald Heggie (76), Bertrand, Mississippi, Missouri, United States
• Arendje Varkevisser (48), Katwijk
• Anna Maria Hulsbos (70), Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Theis (26), Marietta, Washington, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1883 » Hana Meisel, Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and politician († 1972)
• 1883 » Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1975)
• 1884 » Evelyn Nesbit, American model and actress († 1967)
• 1884 » Samuel Berger, American boxer († 1925)
• 1886 » Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader († 1973)
• 1886 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and activist († 1918)
• 1887 » Conrad Hilton, American entrepreneur († 1979)
• 1889 » Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1984)
• 1890 » Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer († 1987)
• 1890 » Robert Ripley, American anthropologist and publisher († 1949)

• 1868 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
• 1875 » Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)
• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)

• 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.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on December 25, 1887 was about 1.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.