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• Adrianus Johannes van Tol, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Alida Schriek, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida SCHRIEK, Woudrichem
• Angenietje Betist, Nieuwenhoorn († 1966)
• Albert Meems, Nieuw-Buinen Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1969)
• Alphonsus Franciscus Vervoort, Kontich († 1906)
• Albert COSTELLO († 1964)
• Adolfo Gonçalves Torres, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaltje Meinderts Wiersma, St. Annaparochie († 1890)
• Eisinga, Exloërmond, Drenthe, NL († 1972)

• Rodenhuis (0)
• Anna Catharina Mulder (3), Beverwijk
• Albert Eppink (0), Ane
• Alberdina Koekkoek (77), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna, Theresia VAN DYCKE (68), Brugge, 99
• Anna van Voorst (90), Nijbroek
• Arie van den Hoek (5), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Levenloos kind (0), Bolsward
• Adriana Oosterom (71), Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonij van Saarloos (79), zwijndrecht (zuid holland)

• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)
• 1895 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright and director († 1974)
• 1896 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1898 » Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer († 1969)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (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.
• 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.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on February 28, 1888 was about -5.5 °C. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.