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• Duurkoop, Zwolle († 1887)
• Albertus Bijstra, Hoornsterzwaag († 1972)
• Anthonie van der Voet, Haarlemmermeer († 1887)
• ? ? († 1932)
• Adriaan Rijnberg, Sint-Annaland
• Aldert Grashuis, Usquert († 1914)
• Adriana Catharina Kuijpers, Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1917)
• Annie Pearl Brown († 1957)
• Ambrosius Van Aelst († 1940)
• Adriaan van 't Geloof, Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1953)

• Aaltje Jeuring (2), Noordbarge (Emmen, NL)
• Adriaan Olislaegers (66), Baarle-Nassau
• Aeltje (Aaltje-Alida) Blokland (77), Papekop
• Anna van Hoven (51), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der Haven (70), Hazerswoude
• Arie WILDSCHUT (0), Dordrecht
• Duurkoop (0), Zwolle
• Aukje Caspers Prinselaar (87), Doniawerstal
• Anna Catharina Melsen (73)
• Antonia Willemina van Brandenburg (20)

• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)
• 1890 » Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter († 1973)
• 1892 » Pavel Korin, Russian painter († 1967)
• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)

• 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 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on July 8, 1887 was about 21.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.