About the day » Monday March 12, 1888Calender converter

• Alida Maria SWAGERMAN, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Thijs, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Aldegonda Johanna Steenmeijer, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert de Breij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje van den Oever († 1926)
• Albertus van Veen, Zwartlsuis († 1973)
• Anna den Hertog, Rotterdam († 1961)
• Adrianus Quirinus Josephus Thijs, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Aaltje Poorter, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)
• Albert Hendrik Burghgraef, Nieuwbuinen (Borger) (DR NL)

• Annigje Kwikkelo (68), Zuidveen (Steenwijkerwold)
• Aafke Arends Vos (54), Eenrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Veer (42), Nuland
• Adrianus van Helvert, Drunen, Nederland
• Aleida Maria von Boddien (3), Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Anna Werdina Harmina Leopold (48), Winschoten (gem. Oldambt)
• Aalt Oosterbroek (58), Hattem
• Adriaan Dongen van (77), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Siersema (72)
• Albert Siersema (72), Olive,Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1878 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint († 1903)
• 1880 » Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic († 1952)
• 1881 » Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland († 1966)
• 1882 » Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician († 1943)
• 1883 » Sándor Jávorka, Hungarian botanist († 1961)
• 1888 » Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor († 1965)
• 1888 » Walter Hermann Bucher, German-American geologist and paleontologist († 1965)
• 1890 » Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player († 1976)
• 1896 » Jesse Fuller, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1976)
• 1898 » Tian Han, Chinese playwright († 1968)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

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.
• January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• 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.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

The temperature on March 12, 1888 was about 1.7 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 46 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.