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• Aldert Nienhuis, Noorddijk, Groningen, Netherlands († 1979)
• Albertus Hartman, Woudrichem, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1890)
• Johannes van Zoggel, Berlicum
• Adrianus Vuijk, Boskoop († 1887)
• Alexis Frederik Borren, Dordrecht
• Aline Juline Augustine De Le Plancque, Saint, Poland
• Adrianus Vink, Moordrecht
• Adrianus Petrus (Janus) van Troost, Schiedam († 1971)
• Andries van der Burg, Arnhem († 1944)
• Adrianus Cornelis Johannes van der Harst, 's-Gravenhage († 1958)

• Bastiaan Dirksz Van ECK (84), Middelharnis
• Cobus van Riessen (72), Hattem
• Annigje Blokzijl (0), Slagharen, Hardenburg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alfons Meersman (0), NIEUWKERKEN-WAAS
• Aldegonde Hubertina Simays (50), Maastricht
• Anna Brekelmans (45), Udenhout
• Anna Barbara Hubertina Hautermans, Wittem (L
• Bastiaan van Eck (84), Middelharnis
• (40), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Baltus Anzelmus Beijer (51), Utrecht

• 1880 » Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic († 1918)
• 1882 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1882 » Sam Hardy, English footballer († 1966)
• 1885 » Jules Romains, French author and poet († 1972)
• 1888 » Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer († 1974)
• 1891 » Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright († 1960)
• 1894 » Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer († 1989)
• 1896 » Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician († 1990)
• 1897 » Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea († 1990)
• 1898 » Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist († 1979)

• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)

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.
• 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 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• 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.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on August 26, 1887 was about 21.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.