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• Allema Maria Simoen, Overslag († 1942)
• Aleida Gerritdina Veltman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje Stam, Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland († 1977)
• Aafje Wallard, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van 't Hof, Zuid Beijerland
• Albert Krab, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Klaas Troost, Hollandscheveld
• Aart v Wijnkoop, Hoef/Putten († 1964)
• Alida Molendijk, Hekelingen, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van der Hoeven, Vlaardingen

• Anna Pulskens (59), Stratum
• Adriana Keur (0), Zandvoort
• Cornelis Nooij (3), Wijdewormer
• Albertus Spliet (77), Jutphaas
• Adriana Dieleman, Axel
• Arsiel Deschoemaeker (14), Woumen
• Aletta van 't Groenewout (76), Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Areke Verbeek (84), Tiel
• Asjen Stil (68), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catherina Van Den Kieboom (75), Westmalle

• 1877 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician († 1926)
• 1877 » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1946)
• 1879 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer († 1962)
• 1884 » Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician († 1974)
• 1885 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic († 1930)
• 1885 » Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1891 » William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator († 1949)
• 1893 » Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer († 1974)
• 1895 » Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee († 1982)
• 1898 » Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya († 1979)

• 1865 » Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
• 1896 » Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (b. 1825)
• 1911 » Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (b. 1847)
• 1915 » William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (b. 1882)
• 1926 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875)
• 1932 » Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1932 » Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)

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.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
• 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.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on September 11, 1888 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.