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• Albert Esselink, Oldebroek († 1888)
• Adrianus de Bruijn, Hilvarenbeek
• Assendelft 194
• Aaltje Perdok, Slochteren
• Adriana van der Linden, Leeuwarden
• Hitje Habing, Nieuw-Buinen Borger Drenthe († 1973)
• Abraham Luijer, Kortenhoef († 1956)
• Aldegonda Hubertina van Lier, Horn, Limburg, Nederland († 1973)
• Abraham Luijer, Kortenhoef, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Alida van Ballegoijen, Varik († 1963)

• Antonia van der Ziel (31)
• Adriaan Dirkse (28), Wilson Township, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin
• Christine Hermine Pierson (24), Hardenberg,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Anthonia Brokx (0), Delft
• Carolus Ludovicus Vanpeteghem (48), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• Antonie van den Heijkant (44), Oosterhout
• Bernardus Lodewijk Slegt (0), Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Gravendeel (0), Puttershoek,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Christine Hermine Pierson (24), Hardenberg
• Anthonie van Uitert (65), Ophemert

• 1878 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1942)
• 1883 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player († 1934)
• 1884 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist († 1961)
• 1884 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director († 1947)
• 1886 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor († 1957)
• 1886 » Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general († 1957)
• 1887 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet († 1961)
• 1892 » Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts († 1979)
• 1893 » Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer († 1953)
• 1895 » Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft († 1955)

• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on September 1, 1887 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.