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• Aaltje Martens Brouwer, Lekkum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertje Engelsman, Blokzijl († 1966)
• Aldert Noordewier, Noordhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes (Rossel ~ Rüssel) Russel, Delft
• Alofs († 1888)
• Adriana de Klerk, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Jan Hendrik Otten, Heemse († 1963)
• Akke Miedema, Gemeente Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Hendriksz de Mooij, Rijnsburg
• Aaltje Ariens van Bodegom, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)

• Anna Maria Albers (3), Nijmegen
• Abraham Vrolijk (32), Scheveningen
• Albertus Lucassen (71), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Timmerman (61), Meppel
• Adrianus Heeffer (9), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, N-Br, NL
• Anna Maria (Maria) van Hooij, Oeffelt
• Anna Bouland (35), Tange
• Alida Cornelia Leeuwen (66), Gouda
• Anne Hylkema (44), Baarderadeel
• Anna Christina Kuijper (45), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1883 » William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician († 1959)
• 1884 » Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company († 1949)
• 1887 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral († 1945)
• 1888 » Georgios Stanotas, Greek general († 1965)
• 1888 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle († 1974)
• 1889 » Charles Bickford, American actor († 1967)
• 1890 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic († 1966)
• 1891 » Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan († 1969)
• 1892 » Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist († 1942)
• 1892 » Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines († 1948)

• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)

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 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

The temperature on January 1, 1888 was about -10.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.