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• Aldert van Wiek, Groningen (Grunn), Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Alfons FONTAINE, Kruishoutem
• Aldert de Vries, Ferwerd
• Adrianus Franciscus Cornelis van Dooren, Duizel en Steensel
• Adriaantje Verhoeven, Giessen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1966)
• Adriana Johanna van Hassel, Zundert. Noord-Brabant († 1965)
• Adriana van Rijzewijk, Dongen († 1889)
• Adriana Verduijn, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1889)
• Adriana van Rijzewijk, Dongen († 1889)
• Adrianus Ludovicus VAN CAMPFORT, Retie,2470,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1949)

• Aaltje Stroman (33), Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia van Rijn (0), Wageningen
• Aaltien Hendriks Coelingh (76), ansen, ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Zunker (32), Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Albertus Gerardus Hes (0), Zoelen
• Anna Cornelia Barrevoets (70), Wouw
• Adriana Thielen (78), Gilze en Rijen
• de Vries (0), Erica, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia BARREVOETS (70), Wouw (N.Br. Nl)
• Adriana Benjaminsd ELAND (79), Heerjansdam

• 1882 » James Lightbody, American runner († 1953)
• 1883 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter († 1958)
• 1884 » Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author († 1960)
• 1885 » Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist († 1943)
• 1885 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor († 1965)
• 1886 » Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player († 1951)
• 1887 » Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner († 1925)
• 1887 » S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)
• 1889 » Reggie Walker, South African athlete († 1951)
• 1892 » César Vallejo, Peruvian poet, playwright, and journalist († 1938)

• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)

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 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• 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 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on March 16, 1888 was about 3.3 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.