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• Aafke Zwaagman, Leens, Groningen, Nederland († 1963)
• Andreas Theodorus van den Ende, Schipluiden, Zuid Holland († 1962)
• Aaltje Katgert, Zwollerkerspel, Nederland († 1974)
• Adrianus Ett, Zoelen († 1979)
• Adrianus Puper, Vledder
• Anna Maria Clementina Pâques, Ordingen, België
• Andreas Gorsen, Oorderen († 1947)
• Anna de Vos, Waddinxveen († 1891)
• Andreas Theodorus van der Ende, Schipluiden († 1962)
• Anna Grace van Steenwyk, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1967)

• Anna Jane Graham (41), Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
• Adolf Jacobus Hupkens (0), Haarlem
• Antonie Barreveld (36), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Oedzes Veenema (62), Sneek
• Bartje Mulder (69), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cecilia Vercruysse (78), Westrozebeke,8840,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna van den Berg (54), Obergum
• van Nooijen (0), Wassenaar
• Antje van Tol (58), Rotterdam
• Aaltjen Brands (81), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire († 1947)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)
• 1892 » Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer († 1950)
• 1892 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress († 1995)
• 1894 » Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1978)

• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)

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. Wilhelmus

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.
• January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on February 23, 1887 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.