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• Adriaan van Loon, Steenbergen
• Alida Lagerweij, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1889)
• Adriana van der Kaaij, Monster, Nederland
• Anthonius Wilhelmus Krauts, Didam († 1904)
• Anette Fridael, Makassar, Zuid-Celebes, Indonesië († 1945)
• Adolphe J. G. Coune, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België
• Adrianus Looije, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• anthonie TROOST, den bommel († 1952)
• Anna Pieternella Bergs, Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Aleida Helmig, Kampen († 1890)

• Anna Maria Fries (65), Antwerpen
• Aartje van BROEKHOVEN Jdr (0), Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Antonie Legemate (20), Serooskerke (Schouwen)
• Arie van der Zaal (34), Lisse
• Adrianus van der Hidde (70), Maassluis
• Achilles Petrus Moeraert (0), Oostakker
• Alida van der Waal (97), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Boere (68), Snelrewaard
• Catharina Monjé (0), Groede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Carolus Peelaerts (1), Herenthout, België

• 1880 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1881 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer († 1963)
• 1883 » Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author († 1970)
• 1883 » Paul Pilgrim, American runner († 1958)
• 1884 » William Hogenson, American sprinter († 1965)
• 1890 » Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician († 1931)
• 1893 » Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author († 1977)
• 1894 » Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses († 1988)
• 1899 » Judy Johnson, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1900 » Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan († 1983)

• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
• 1896 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)

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 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

The temperature on October 26, 1888 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.