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• Aagje Verhaal, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 1887)
• Addison Alexander McKeown [0], Chester County, South Carolina († 1938)
• Agatha Kaptein, Akersloot († 1971)
• Adriana Sterkenburg, Almkerk († 1928)
• Albert terSteeg, Bird Island, Renville County, Minnesota, 55310, VS († 1974)
• Abraham van der Gaag, Rotterdam († 1933)
• Anna Maria Gabriëlle van Ursel, Berlijn († 1988)
• Adrienne Alice Bock, Parijs, Frankrijk († 1887)
• aline RICHARD, Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
• Alvisa de Souza, Porto Feliz, São Paulo, Brasil

• Angela Ahrens (31), Niederlangen, Lathen
• Anna De Wolde (0), Wormerveer, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kouwenhoven (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aernout van Wickevoort Crommelin (53), Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Wilt (0), Enter, gemeente Wierden
• Anna Cornelia Linders (70), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Maria Link (0), Delft
• Aarnoud van Wickevoort Crommelin (53), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Berkel (5), Schiedam
• Amelia De Smedt (73), Mespelare

• 1885 » György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic († 1971)
• 1885 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia († 1942)
• 1885 » Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch politician († 1961)
• 1885 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player († 1964)
• 1887 » Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer († 1995)
• 1889 » Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author († 1958)
• 1890 » Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer († 1960)
• 1890 » Frank Murphy, American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General († 1949)
• 1891 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1921)
• 1891 » Nella Larsen, Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author († 1964)

• 1868 » Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
• 1880 » Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
• 1886 » John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
• 1909 » Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)
• 1910 » William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)
• 1911 » George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)
• 1911 » John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)

• 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.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• 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.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• 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.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on April 13, 1887 was about 4.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.