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• ? Begeman, Scharmer, Nederland († 1887)
• Adriaan Cornelis Bakx, Oosterhout († 1888)
• Albert Wietsma, Franekeradeel
• Albert Kattouw, Hollandscheveld († 1939)
• adriana van EEREN, numansdorp († 1964)
• Adriaan Vermeulen, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Nicolaas Bosman, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Albertus VROONE, Hippolytushoef/Wieringen (NL/NH) († 1970)
• Adrian August Elburg, Suderwick
• ? ? († 1919)

• Anna Catharina DE WOLF (76), Ranst, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• van Voskuilen (0), Ede
• SLOTBOOM (0)
• Alphonsus van Huijgevoort (19), Tilburg
• Anna Adriana Maria Boelhouwer (83), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Annigje Stam (85), Krimpen aan den IJssel
• ? Begeman (0), Scharmer, Nederland
• de Waal (67), Bruinisse
• Adriana Hack (66), Oud en Nieuw Gastel (NL)
• Annigje Stam (85), Krimpen aan de Ijssel

• 1883 » Maurice Utrillo, French painter († 1955)
• 1885 » Bazoline Estelle Usher, African-American educator († 1992)
• 1887 » Arthur Percival, English general († 1966)
• 1888 » Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian († 1982)
• 1890 » Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)
• 1890 » Percy Hodge, English runner († 1967)
• 1891 » Henry Miller, American author and painter († 1980)
• 1892 » Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator († 1975)
• 1893 » Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China († 1976)
• 1894 » Jean Toomer, American author and poet († 1967)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (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.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on December 26, 1887 was about -2.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.