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• Adrianus Petrus Kaizer, Amsterdam († 1951)
• Aegidius Christianus Hubertus Smeets, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Dinkla, Zuidlaren
• Abraham Gerardus van der Salm, Sliedrecht
• Anna Althoff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Mes, Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Amy Maud Eliza HALL, Longford, Tasmania, Australia († 1970)
• Adriana Maria van de Lisdonk, Goirle
• Amanda Emma Beam († 1917)
• Aagje Dirks de Roos, Leeuwarden († 1971)

• Antje Botes Post (82), Sexbierum
• Adrianus Hurks (81), Vught (N.Br)
• Antonius Van Beurden (42), Ekeren, Antwerpen
• Arie Schornagel (77), Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Adriaan Schrauwen (80), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Antonij Vereijken (68), Bergeijk (NL)
• Anna Maria Peduzzi (66), Amsterdam
• Alida Petronella Margaretha Kleijn (1), Leiden
• Aagje de Boodt (82), Purmerend
• Rozendom (0), Rijssen

• 1874 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop († 1949)
• 1876 » Lionel Tertis, English violist († 1975)
• 1876 » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor († 1973)
• 1879 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot († 1936)
• 1881 » Jess Willard, American boxer († 1968)
• 1885 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general († 1921)
• 1886 » Norman Hallows, English runner and captain († 1968)
• 1895 » Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author († 1939)
• 1896 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter († 1974)
• 1899 » Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing († 1992)

• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)

• 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.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on December 29, 1887 was about -12.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.