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• Adam Florie, Haarlem
• Andreas Keijzer, Zutphen
• Alta G ELLIOTT, Hull, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Aart Middelkoop, Leerdam
• Adriana Wilhelmina Stakenburg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Abraham Goudeket, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Wilhelmina de Heer, Tholen († 1973)
• Anna Catharina Tapken, Jipsinghuizen gem. Vlagtwedde († 1981)
• Aartje Gerritse, Zeist († 1975)
• Aagje Jacobsdr van Heeren, Oud-Beijerland († 1945)

• Anna Catharina Bril (81), Berendrecht, Provincie Antwerpen
• Antoinette Andriessen (82), Turnhout, België
• Arie de Boef (72), Leerdam
• Catharina Hageraats (83), Maassluis
• Catharina Hageraarts (83), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Nissen (79), Vierlingsbeek
• Augustinus Johannes Augustinis Johannes de Cuijper (45), Delft
• Anna Maria Hoefijzer (77), Boschkapelle
• Anna Adriana van der Goes (20), Rotterdam
• Berend Bussink (80), Westendorp (Wisch)

• 1877 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician († 1971)
• 1883 » Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter († 1969)
• 1883 » Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic († 1957)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic († 1920)
• 1890 » Egon Schiele, Austrian soldier and painter († 1918)
• 1892 » Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright († 1982)
• 1895 » Eugénie Brazier, French chef († 1977)
• 1897 » Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1977)
• 1899 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1899 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist († 1968)

• 1841 » Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)

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. Albert

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.
• 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 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• 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.

The temperature on June 12, 1887 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.