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• Aaltje de Pater, Schiedam
• Anna Maria Dijksman, Hillegersberg († 1949)
• Anna Westerhuis, Usquert († 1960)
• Aleida Elisabeth Jacobs, Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1950)
• Aleida Elisabeth Jacobs, Wageningen
• Aaltje Pater de, Schiedam
• Abraham de Mooij, Rijnsburg († 1947)
• Hofkens Antonius, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Antonie Leendert Blom, Dodewaard († 1944)
• Adriana Catharina Maria Otten, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aafke Jans Jansma (84), Opsterland
• Adriana Geitenbeek (75), amsterdam, Nederland
• Aldegondis FROYEN (59), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Adriana Anthonetta Hiebendaal (67), Spankeren en Ellecom, GLD, Nederland
• Abraham Tellier (1), Biervliet, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aris Cornelis Schoonhoven (0), Linschoten
• Anna Catharina Paulina Goedstouwers (2), Wilmarsdonk
• Adriana Romboutsdr Kerstens (78), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• BAARTJE HERBERT (4), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• Anastasia Maria Geldhof (0), Klerken (Houthulst)

• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)
• 1884 » Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator († 1933)
• 1889 » Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor († 1968)
• 1889 » Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer († 1977)
• 1891 » Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic († 1953)

• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

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.
• April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

The temperature on August 8, 1888 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.