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• Albertus van Dissel, Langbroek († 1932)
• Albertus van Dissel, Langbroek, Nederland († 1932)
• Alida Oomsen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Assendelft 194
• Aaltje de Boer, Sloot, Drenthe, Nederland
• Allerdina Venema, Haren, Nederland († 1978)
• Albertus Langhout, Zwolle, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Alice Whelchel († 1966)
• Albertus Dissel (Van Dissel), Langbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Neuteboom, Rotterdam († 1890)

• Albert Thomas Hinshaw (0)
• Anna Flora Klus (0), Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States of America
• Carolina van Mechelen (86), Rijkevorsel, België
• Anthonie van Uitert (65), Ophemert
• Arentje Plug (0), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van den Heijkant (44), Oosterhout
• Albert Hinnen (8), gem Ambt Almelo
• Carolina Van Mechelen (86), Rijkevorsel
• AALTJE POLS (2), BRIELLE
• Albert Lohmann (72)

• 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)

• 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 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• 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.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• 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%.