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• Anna Maria Dorothea Kock, Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1887)
• Anna Malthea Egive Vermeulen, Breda, Nederland
• Anna Maria De Voeght, Lier, België
• Albertus Hendrikus Antonius Nijhof, Zwolle
• Adrianus van SON, Wouw,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Albertus Antonius Krijger, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Aafke Everts, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1946)
• Adriana Miltenburg, van, Rijsenburg, Nederland († 1887)
• Adriana van Miltenburg, Rijsenburg († 1887)
• Aloys Kamiel van Schaverbeke, Temse

• Anna Elizabeth Rosenberger DELP (36)
• van Meerloo (0), Veenwouden
• Anna Cornelia van Loon (26), Huijbergen
• Allegonda KNOOP (46), Hien
• Paulides (0), Heerenveen
• Adriana Kouwenhoven (54), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Hendriks (76), Arnhem
• (l.l.) Grootenboers (0), Oosterhout
• Anna Margaretha Bollmer Heidotting (0), Zwartemeer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria JANSSENS (77), Scherpenheuvel Vlaams Brabant

• 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)
• 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)
• 1882 » Albert Coates, English composer and conductor († 1953)
• 1888 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1889 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral († 1942)
• 1893 » Frank Borzage, American actor and director († 1952)
• 1895 » Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director († 1982)
• 1897 » Folke Jansson, American general († 1965)
• 1897 » Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1898 » Lucius D. Clay, American general († 1978)

• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)

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.
• February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• 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.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on April 23, 1887 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.