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• Albert Vaartjes *, Oldemarkt († 1983)
• Aaltje Moll, Nijkerk († 1960)
• Andries de Wit, Ridderkerk († 1888)
• Altye Mae Rust, Franklin/Iowa († 1981)
• Anna Elisabeth Würtz, Neu-Isenburg, Landkreis Offenbach, Hessen, Duitsland († 1975)
• Adriana Cornelia de Bie, Hedel
• Alida Maria van Kleeff, Bloemendaal
• Andries Anthonij Singerling, Schiedam
• Aaltje Wansleven, Lexmond
• Albert Vaartjes, Oldemarkt († 1983)

• Adrianus Gijsbertus Maria van Asperen (37), Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Helena Dautzenberg (39), Eys-Wittem
• Anna Maria Devos (56), Geel, Bel, Antwerpen, België
• (1), WESTKERKE-OUDENBURG
• Arnoldus Maertzdorf (24), Herwen en Aerdt
• Andrew W Simmons (71), Warren, KY
• Abby Bouton (84), Huron, NY
• Albertus Wakelkamp (65), Amersfoort
• Anna Helena Dautzenberg* (39), Wittem, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Terpstra (44), nijland

• 1880 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic († 1956)
• 1882 » Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop († 1963)
• 1884 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach († 1947)
• 1885 » Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer († 1957)
• 1888 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer († 1972)
• 1889 » Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta († 1942)
• 1891 » Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher († 1968)
• 1891 » Jean-François Martial, Belgian actor († 1977)
• 1891 » Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician († 1965)
• 1892 » Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. († 1984)

• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)

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.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on September 12, 1887 was about 12.9 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.