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• Anna Gezina Grommel, Munsterscheveld (Emmen) († 1971)
• Alexander Constantinus De Backer, Zandvliet, Provincie Antwerpen († 1928)
• Amalie Albertine Louise Friederike WALLMAN *, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1964)
• Adrianus Josephus van den Brand, Gestel en Blaarthem, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Clemens, Gilze en Rijen († 1957)
• Abraham van Tergouw, Jutphaas, Nederland († 1890)
• Aafke Hiemstra († 1953)
• Aloysius Marie Andries Joseph Nadorp, Delft, ZH, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Wetzel, Rotterdam († 1890)
• Alberta Berghorst, Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1888)

• Andreas BEEKEN (59), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk
• Anna Maria Bronckaerts (65), Velm, België
• Aaltje Martinus (45), oosterhesselen
• Andries van Groenou (63), Hoorn
• Albert Roelf Alberts (87), Groningen, NL-GR
• Anna Maria Raijmakers (54), Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Gerrits Westerhuis (69), Arum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• André Augustin Lebrun (61), Rance, Hainaut, Belgique
• Abraham van de Ree (20), Kralingen
• * Theodorus Kusters (33), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1880 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1882 » Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman († 1949)
• 1882 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter († 1974)
• 1883 » Cyril Burt, English psychologist and geneticist († 1971)
• 1883 » Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist († 1977)
• 1887 » Lincoln J. Beachey, American pilot († 1915)
• 1891 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop († 1949)
• 1893 » Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter († 1998)
• 1895 » Matthew Ridgway, American general († 1993)
• 1895 » Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)

• 1850 » Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Jacoba
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
• August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

The temperature on March 3, 1888 was about 1.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.