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• Adriana Antonia Leenaarts, Geertruidenberg, Nederland († 1928)
• Alida Beemsterboer, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1963)
• Alijda Wilhelmina Buschman, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloijsius Schelle, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Adriana Theodora van der Hulst, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Adriaantje STAM, Dubbeldam
• Albert Smeenk, Epse, gemeente Gorssel († 1965)
• Alijda Wilhelmina Buschmann, Breda († 1981)
• Alonzo Jason Bowen, Kyles Ford, Hancock County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Adriaan Willem Verbeek, 's-Gravenhage (Z.H.) († 1980)

• Anderies de Visser (54), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Philippus van Amerongen (42), Utrecht 276
• Aaltje Ruurds Brekeveld (35), Hommerts
• Albert Liemberg (48), Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna SCHOUPS (53), Grote-Spouwen, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België
• Aagje van Furstenberg (64), Alkmaar
• Anna Maria Tebberman (47), Dedemsvaart
• Alida Petronella Niesing (0)
• Aagtje Kievit (82), Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries de Visser (54), Nieuw en Sint Joosland

• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)
• 1881 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress († 1931)
• 1882 » Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1968)
• 1884 » Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author († 1980)
• 1884 » Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general († 1953)
• 1884 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter († 1957)
• 1884 » Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor († 1950)
• 1885 » Julius Streicher, German publisher, founded Der Stürmer († 1946)
• 1889 » Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge († 1999)
• 1893 » Omar Bradley, American general († 1981)

• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)

• 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 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• 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.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• 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.

The temperature on February 12, 1887 was about -4.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.