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• * Willem Kersbergen, Lexmond († 1961)
• Dingeman Wilhelmus Berende, Geertruidenberg († 1888)
• Albert van der Lei, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Buijck, Retranchement
• Adrianus Johannes Janssen, Rotterdam
• Albert VAN DAMMEN, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1958)
• Albertus Cornelissen, Beers († 1963)
• abraham de REUS, oud-beijerland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Steenbakkers, Schijndel († 1964)
• Albertus Hoeksma († 1969)

• Aaltje Noppers (1), De Krim, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia de Jong (25), Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Sterken (75), Ommen
• Antonia Schuurman (72), Arnhem
• Anna Angela - Maria Engel Cossen (82), Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Abiah Carlton, Jackson, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States
• Aalbert Smink (0), Delft, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Angela Abel (82), Wesuwe, Haren (Ems)
• Albert Van Breda (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Gatignon (1), Nijswiller,Gulpen-Wittem,Limburg,Netherlands

• 1871 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1883 » Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist († 1931)
• 1884 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1885 » Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1890 » Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)
• 1898 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer († 1992)
• 1901 » John Gunther, American journalist and author († 1970)
• 1901 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist († 1981)

• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

• 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 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.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on August 30, 1887 was about 18.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 46 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.