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Born on Sunday February 12, 1888
- Aagje van Santen, Strijen († 1924)
- Alice Percy, Mansford Town, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand († 1967)
- Alida Martina Van Der Meijs, Maasland (Z-H), Nederland († 1918)
- Angela Thul, Ensch, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Alberta Adriana Voeten, Bergen op Zoom
- Albertus Matheus Niesten, Wijk aan Zee en Duin
- Albert WESTRA, Achtkarspelen Friesland Netherlands
- Alida Catharina BRUNOTT, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Alida Scholten, Kralingen
- BOEKHOLT, Buinerveen (Borger), Drenthe, Nederland († 1888)
Died on Sunday February 12, 1888
- Andries van Schoonderwoerd de Bezemer (53), Leiden
- Albertien Sanders (20), Odoorn
- Absalom William Wells (85), Edgar Twp, Edgar County, Illinois
- Alice Leone Bowman (29), Edenville, Midland, Michigan, United States
- Bastiaantje Brandt (73), Ter Aar, ZH, Nederland
- Albert Ellens (65), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- Auguste Camille Eugène Brouillier (27), Mirecourt
- Andries van Schoonderwoerd den Bezemer (53), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arendje Hoogsant (76), Rotterdam
- Adriana Catharina Verschelling (53), Yerseke
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 12, 1888 at Delpher
Born on February 12
- 1881 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress († 1931)
- 1882 » Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1968)
- 1884 » Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author († 1980)
- 1884 » Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general († 1953)
- 1884 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter († 1957)
- 1884 » Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor († 1950)
- 1885 » Julius Streicher, German publisher, founded Der Stürmer († 1946)
- 1889 » Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge († 1999)
- 1893 » Omar Bradley, American general († 1981)
- 1895 » Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1984)
Died on February 12
- 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
- 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
- 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
- 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
- 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
- 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
- 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
- 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
- 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
- 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
Names that were popular for boys in 1888
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Hendrikus
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1888
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Aaltje
- Neeltje
- Jacoba
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Trijntje
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1888
- 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.
- May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
- 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.
- September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
- October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
Weather February 12, 1888
The temperature on February 12, 1888 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.