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• Andries Visee, Wij bij Duurstede († 1959)
• Adriana Verwaal, Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Ake Jennes Holman, Zevenhuizen († 1961)
• Aafke HELMUS, Noordhorn Groningen Netherlands († 1933)
• Annechien Borgers, Leutingewolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1968)
• Antje Otten, Meppel, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1918)
• Aaltje Jacobs de Vries, Niehove († 1977)
• Anna Cornelia Vermeer, Udenhout († 1927)
• Aleida Susanna Kokhuis, Langeveen,Tubbergen († 1943)
• Aaltje VREDEVELT, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

• Aantie Kasteleijn (88), Benschop, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus Zandbergen (20), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida van Tongeren (75), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Adrianus Vromesteijn (36), hazerswoude
• Alijda Feij (82), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Tempel (0), Tange gem. Onstwedde
• Albertus Klomp (59), Rhenen, Nederland
• Aantje Paulusdr Kasteleijn (88), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aantje Kastelijn (88), (UT) Benschop
• Aleijda Feij (81), Arnhem

• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)
• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1886 » Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator († 1962)
• 1888 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot († 1989)
• 1892 » Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach († 1957)
• 1892 » Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian († 1957)
• 1892 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic († 1956)
• 1893 » Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet, critic, and academic († 1984)
• 1894 » Toots Mondt, American wrestler and promoter († 1976)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

The temperature on January 18, 1888 was about -5.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.