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• Adriaan Meeuwse († 1964)
• Andréas Josephus Hollanders, Maastricht, Nederland († 1933)
• Antonie Wilhelm Klunder, Haarlem († 1985)
• Albert Roelofs, Coevorden,Drenthe,Niederlande,Pikveld
• Anna Maria Petronella Van Zutphen, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• Albert Hazelaar, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertje Glas, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1889)
• Aafke Huisman, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland († 1888)
• Alexander Frank, Amsterdam († 1950)
• * Catharina Anna Elisabeth Mens, Venlo

• Anna Maria Lormans (68), Luik
• Adrianus van Woerkom 24694876M (73), Schiedam, Nederland
• Aantje Rietveld (0), Giessendam
• Andries van Woerkom (61), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Doornekamp (37), Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Margaretha Mechel
• Anna Margaretha Bernsen (34), Barger Oosterveen (Emmen)
• Aaltje Gijsbertje Kleinjan (0), Heerjansdam
• Alice V. Blyler (Lenhart) (28), Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaantje Doornekamp (37), Hoevelaken

• 1875 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1961)
• 1878 » Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer († 1972)
• 1879 » H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups († 1956)
• 1886 » Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1979)
• 1887 » Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1891 » William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar († 1971)
• 1895 » Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications († 1979)
• 1899 » Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter († 1984)
• 1899 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player († 1938)
• 1900 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter († 1984)

• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)

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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on May 24, 1888 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.