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• Adrianus van Beek, Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1888)
• * Anje Bulthuis, Uithuizermeeden († 1959)
• Adolf van den Berg, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Hodge, James Henry, Miller, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Albert BREUKINK, Stad Almelo, Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1937)
• Aaltje de Jonge, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1960)
• Adriana Antonetta Maria Clausen, Tilburg,Gemeente Tilburg,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Albertus Visscher, Veendam 45
• Aafje Rienderhoff, Enkhuizen († 1893)
• Albert Harm Heijne, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1935)

• Aleida Reurink (55), Oudleusen (Dalfsen)
• Albert RENKEMA (5), Lutjegast (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands
• Ermen (0), Etten-Leur
• Adrianus Ketelaars (84), Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Nagel (0), Harlingen
• Anthonius Adrianus van Rijnsoever (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aletta Petronella Bazendijk (59), Vianen Utrecht Nederland
• Antje Hellwich (47), Besthmen
• Andrew Mcdonald SIZER (0), Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia
• Aaltje Bruin (63), Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1882 » John Barrymore, American actor († 1942)
• 1884 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright († 1974)
• 1884 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director († 1947)
• 1890 » Dick Richards Welsh international footballer, forward
• 1890 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author († 1956)
• 1891 » Katherine Stinson, American aviator († 1977)
• 1892 » Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician († 1948)
• 1894 » Jack Benny, American actor and producer († 1974)
• 1895 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist († 1973)
• 1895 » Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general († 1945)

• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)

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 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

The temperature on February 14, 1888 was about 1.0 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.