About the day » Wednesday February 1, 1888Calender converter

• Maria Eulalie van de Goore, Koewacht
• Albert J. Goetz, New Hamburg Scott, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1955)
• Andrew B. Huff, Wise County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1888)
• Albert Groen, Nijetrijne, Westst'werf, Nederland
• Wesseling, Nieuw Amsterdam, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
• (Stillborn) WIERINGA, Gorinchem Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 1888)
• Adriaan van der Es, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angenieta Christina Fortgens, Haarlem († 1971)
• Adrianus van Hennik, Nieuwenhoorn († 1966)
• Adriaan Kousemaker, 's-Gravenpolder, Zeeland, Nederland

• Aaltjen (kind) Middendorp (0), Erve Groot Velde, Frieswijk
• *Sietse van Hoorn (3), Tange, Onstwedde
• Albert SMIT (31), Marum Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Klaassen (1), Halsteren
• Arie van Staalduinen (18), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Oostland (4), Slochteren, Nederland
• Anna Mechteldis van Ophoven (0), Montfort, Netherlands
• Berkelaar (0), Delft
• Aleida Anneveldt (34), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Middendorp (0), Frieswijk, gemeente Diepenveen

• 1881 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer († 1966)
• 1882 » Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada († 1973)
• 1884 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician († 1949)
• 1884 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author († 1937)
• 1887 » Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author († 1947)
• 1890 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War († 1942)
• 1894 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer († 1955)
• 1894 » John Ford, American director and producer († 1973)
• 1895 » Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman († 1980)
• 1897 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author († 1985)

• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)

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.
• March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• 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.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.

The temperature on February 1, 1888 was about -5.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.