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• Adriana van Beusekom († 1967)
• Adriana Smit, Standdaarbuiten († 1975)
• Adriana Hamels, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Addie King († 1972)
• Aloysius Theodore 'Ollie' RUNDE, Cuba City, Grant, Wisconsin († 1973)
• Adriana Hamels, Princenhage († 1947)
• Angelina Maria Ludovica Corsus, Lier, België
• Albert Geltink, Eefde
• ??? van Krugten, Hedikhuizen († 1888)
• Adolphe Charles Van Looy, Antwerpen, 2000, Belgie († 1967)

• Albertus van den Berg (74), Uden
• Aldert van der Beek (71), Apeldoorn
• Alphonse Edouard Vulfran Merlé (39), Moreuil,80110,Somme,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Albert van den Berg (74), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schreurs (69), Melick Herkenbosch
• Annie Hogan (30), Victoria, Australia
• Anna Catharina Vos (80), Amsterdam
• ??? van Krugten (0), Hedikhuizen
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Schäfer (65), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Aagtjen LOK (82), Barsbeek, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)
• 1893 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director († 1964)
• 1895 » Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)
• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)
• 1899 » Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor († 1968)

• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)

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 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.
• June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on February 19, 1888 was about -2.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.