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• Anna Rijs, Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adronia Stephania Dendievel, Aalbeke
• Andrew Martin Hyma, Holland (Ottawa County) (Michigan) († 1981)
• (Stillborn) van Corler, Nijkerk, Nederland
• * Adriana Venus, Nieuwkuijk († 1921)
• Anna V. Ober, Macon Township, Bureau County, Illinois
• Agatha Beem, Kellen (D) († 1982)
• André Paul Lodewijk Joseph Maria Terlinden, Schaarbeek, Brussel († 1945)
• Adriana Kreukniet, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bannink, Hummelo en Keppel

• Albert van SPIL (59), Rouveen (Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• Aaltje Lintvelt (5), Zutphen
• Anna Maria van Koppen (0), De Lier
• Ate Tammes Oosterhof (75), Wytfean
• Andries Oomen (59), Oosterhout
• Anna Marie WARD (NEVILL) (71)
• Anthonius Christianus Post (62), Hazerswoude
• Ate Tammes Oosterhof (75), Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Reith (4), Petersberg, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Adrianus Flooren (56), Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1878 » John Masefield, English author and poet († 1967)
• 1879 » Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast († 1956)
• 1882 » Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău († 1940)
• 1887 » Clive Brook, English actor († 1974)
• 1889 » Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher († 1957)
• 1889 » James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1974)
• 1890 » Frank Morgan, American actor († 1949)
• 1892 » Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, († 1960)
• 1899 » Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1901 » Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager († 1990)

• 1861 » John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
• 1864 » Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
• 1868 » James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
• 1879 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
• 1927 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
• 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)

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.
• March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

The temperature on June 1, 1888 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.