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• Adrianus Cornelis Oud, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Adriaantje Rietdijk, Zwartewaal
• Adrianus Franciscus Cleijsen, Alphen en Riel († 1959)
• Adrianus de Wit, Montfoort
• Adrianus Cornelis Oud, Beemster, North Holland, Netherlands († 1961)
• Aaltje van der Vlist, Haastrecht
• Aartje van Orden, Apeldoorn († 1937)
• Abraham van Leeuwen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1892)
• Adriaantje Rietdijk, zwartewaal († 1959)
• * Mina Janson, Vlaardingen

• Adriana Anna Wilhelmina Schot (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Susanna VAN DER MERWE (48), Jacobsdal
• Adolfina Jalink (0), Hengelo
• Anke Jonkhof (22), Groningen (Groningen)
• Amadeus SEURYNCK (66), Flandre-Occidentale, Flandre, Belgique
• Albertje Hendriks van Goor (57), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Robert (0)
• Albertje van Goor (57), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Adolfina Jalink (0), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Huijsmans (56), ,, Breda, Nederland

• 1881 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal († 1948)
• 1884 » Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author († 1941)
• 1888 » Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief († 1961)
• 1888 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater († 1954)
• 1890 » Alan L. Hart, American physician and author († 1962)
• 1890 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish writer and journalist († 1945)
• 1892 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria († 1934)
• 1892 » Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author († 1934)
• 1892 » Robert Lawson, American author and illustrator († 1957)
• 1895 » Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer († 1966)

• 1852 » James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
• 1859 » Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1871 » Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
• 1890 » Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 » Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 » Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
• 1904 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
• 1910 » Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)

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.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

The temperature on October 4, 1888 was about 11.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.