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• Anna van Prehn, Ambarawa, Indonesië
• Adolf Hendrik Funsch, Assen
• Adriana Papen, Oosterhout
• Aleksai Konstantinovich VON ZARNEKAU, Kutaisi Georgia († 1918)
• Akke Annes Molenaar, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1887)
• Anna Huberdina Wijlick van, Arcen en Velden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Andrew Crawford Clarkson, Columbia, South Carolina († 1950)
• Adriana van den Bosch, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• 00 Gerrit van 't Princenhof, Maartensdijk, Gem. De Bilt, Utrecht, NL
• Angus C. Lyell († 1960)

• Anna Maria Harms (42), Laude Vlagtwedde
• Cornelis Cornelisz Visser (39)
• Amelia Theresia Hoedt (61), Westrozebeke West-Vlaanderen België
• Berend Harmannus Nieman (23), Groningen, Groningen, NL
• Anna Dorethea LUNEL (39), Sidoardjo, Blitar, Jawa Timur, Nederlandsch Indië
• Agatha LOIJENS (0), Hees, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna, Catharina van der Mullen (2), Bocholtz (L)
• Antje Bergsma (24), Hoornsterzwaag
• Balbina Cornelia Heins (0), Leimuiden
• Anne Henriette Josephine Derclaye (68), Marneffe, 4210, België

• 1880 » Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author († 1966)
• 1882 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge († 1937)
• 1883 » Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter († 1965)
• 1884 » Anna Vyrubova, Russian author († 1964)
• 1887 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1888 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1888 » Percy Kilbride, American actor († 1964)
• 1889 » Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author († 1953)
• 1895 » Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City († 1968)
• 1896 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist († 1969)

• 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)

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.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on July 16, 1887 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 29 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.