About the day » Saturday January 28, 1888Calender converter

• Butterman († 1888)
• Alberdina Johanna Bouwmeester, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1934)
• * Neeltje Koster, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel († 1973)
• Adriana Johanna Jacoba Stangenberger, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafje van der Vliet, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Agnieta Zirkzee, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Essen, Brandwijk († 1917)
• (1) Johanna Bernardina Josephina Rövekamp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1933)
• Elisabeth Pil, Schiedam
• Aart Gentenaar, Utrecht († 1960)

• Albert de Groot (0), Napels (Scheemda), Groningen, Nederland
• Steenbergen (0), Weerwille, Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland
• "Magteltje" Balk (73), Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Saive (1), Vaals (Vijlen) (Limburg)
• Aloïsius Arnoldus Bierwerts (0), Hoepertingen, België
• Adrianus den Boom (61), Lekkerkerk
• Aaltje Oomen (0), Kerkwijk
• Arend ten Hove (60), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Adriaan Brasser (0), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Antje Jans Postma (96), Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1875 » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1965)
• 1878 » Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1880 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach († 1970)
• 1884 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer († 1962)
• 1885 » Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist († 1920)
• 1886 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic († 1976)
• 1886 » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator († 1982)
• 1897 » Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright († 1986)
• 1900 » Alice Neel, American painter († 1984)

• 1859 » F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
• 1864 » Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)

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.
• 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 London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

The temperature on January 28, 1888 was about -0.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 43 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.