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• Andries Pieter Rozendaal, Leiden († 1893)
• Adriana Margaretha van der Crab, Breukelen-Nijenrode († 1969)
• Andries Kan, Haarlem († 1889)
• Albert Tjerks Dantuma († 1891)
• Adriana van Dongen, Sprang († 1888)
• Aaltje Aalzens Herder, Smallingerland, Friesland, Holland († 1960)
• Aletta van 't Veld, Westbroek
• Albertje Odding, Kloosterveen, Assen († 1961)
• Alphonsus Jacobus Maria Cools, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1888)
• Alice Geneviève Bertha Schreiber, Tourcoing Frankrijk

• Andreas Bollendorf (65), Föhren, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Agatha Wiering (46), Zijpe
• Aagje Wiering (46), Zijpe, North Holland, Netherlands
• Albert ter Steeg (62), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Kloosterveen)
• Albert Marsman (85), Ane, 7784, Nederland
• Anthonie van Kooij (58), Soest
• Auguste Eysermans (32)
• Adam Barend van Doorn (76), Veenendaal
• Anna Jacomina Woelders (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Clazina Barends (Claasje) van der Meer (84), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland

• 1880 » Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author († 1966)
• 1882 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge († 1937)
• 1883 » Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter († 1965)
• 1884 » Anna Vyrubova, Russian author († 1964)
• 1887 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1888 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1888 » Percy Kilbride, American actor († 1964)
• 1889 » Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author († 1953)
• 1895 » Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City († 1968)
• 1896 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist († 1969)

• 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (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.
• January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

The temperature on July 16, 1888 was about 16.3 °C. There was 29 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.