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• Adrianus Cornelis van Geel, Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1887)
• Aart in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Adriana Beaufort, Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1887)
• Aaltje Katerburg, Benneveld, Zweeloo († 1964)
• Ada Louise Kittrell [K ||| FgNCBu], Pitt County, North Carolina († 1887)
• Adrianus van Leeuwen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Aaltje Katerberg, Benneveld, gem. Zweeloo, Nederland († 1964)
• Rood, Bovenkarspel
• Adriana Antonia de Waal, Velp (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adrianus van den Maagdenberg, Etten-Leur

• Abie van der Weyden (5), Denver, Colarado, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Voorrips (5), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda Pornou (76), Gorinchem
• Adriana Wilhelmina Clara Hooft (67), De Bilt, Nederland
• Aaltje de Jong (63), Capelle aan de IJssel
• Aaltje de Jong (63), Capelle aan de IJssel
• Adrianus Johannes Antonius van den BERGH (4), Bergen Op Zoom (N. Br. Nl)
• Aaltje Offerein (41), Wemmenhove, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Joppen Groen (22), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Albert Gerrits Smids (1), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)
• 1895 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright and director († 1974)
• 1896 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1898 » Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer († 1969)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

• 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 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 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• 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.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on February 28, 1887 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.