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• Adrianus van Oosterhout, Zevenbergen. Noord Brabant
• Gerritdina Scholten, Hoogeveen († 1920)
• Agatha Henderika Alida Vegter, Almelo
• Andries Hendrik Koehof, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Aarnout Westveer, Wolphaarsdijk, Nederland († 1958)
• Abraham Petrus Marie Kochx, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1887)
• Akke Van Der Vegte, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• André della Faille de Leverghem, Brasschaat, 11008, Belgique († 1918)
• Adriana Johanna Sebregts, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Abraham Meijer, Groningen, The Netherlands († 1942)

• Antonius Johannes Gerardus Markus (0), Schiedam
• Albert Steenbergen (86), Zwartsluis
• Albertus Gerardus Bosman (74), Renkum(Oosterbeek)
• Abraham Landes Moyer (64)
• Arendje de Vreugd (1), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij de Swart (31), Gilze en Rijen
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• Adrianus van Alkmaar (68), Lisse
• Aaltje Geerts de Bruin (42), Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Malherbe (0), Haarlem, NH, Nederland

• 1877 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter († 1917)
• 1880 » Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist († 1962)
• 1880 » Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator († 1970)
• 1882 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1962)
• 1887 » Reginald Owen, English-American actor and singer († 1972)
• 1889 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet († 1973)
• 1890 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director († 1956)
• 1890 » Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor († 1977)
• 1897 » Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician († 1972)
• 1897 » Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator († 1954)

• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

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 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.

The temperature on August 5, 1887 was about 22.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.