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• Adriaantje Maria Jumelet, Bruinisse († 1976)
• A.m.w.j. Wegewijs, Amsterdam
• Angelica Maria Wollants, Zichem († 1957)
• Anna Maria Sloot, Buitenzorg (N-I) († 1975)
• Aleida Rünhaar, Zwolle († 1914)
• Albertus Cornelis Kuit, 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Scholten, Wisconsin († 1972)
• Aaltje Broersma, Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Aloijsius Josephus Cornelis Metsers, Ginneken en Bavel
• Trijntje Jorna, Baarderadeel († 1970)

• Antonij Eekhuis (52), Voorst
• Antonia de Jong (65), Hei &, Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Vroomans (0), Stratum, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Lips (73), Waspik, Provincie Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Egberts Zijlstra (1), Dantumadeel (Dantumadeel) (Friesland)
• Armand Dhoostelaere, Oedelem,8730,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België
• Asa Bullard (84), Cambridgeport, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Anna Hendrika Hammer (30), Neuenhaus, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Aloysius Dedene (39), Handzame, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Maria VANDERIJT (85), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie

• 1885 » Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer († 1978)
• 1886 » Frederick Lindemann, British physicist († 1957)
• 1886 » Gotthelf Bergsträsser, German linguist († 1933)
• 1886 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru († 1933)
• 1887 » William Cowhig, British gymnast († 1964)
• 1889 » Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Brazilian martial artist († 1981)
• 1890 » Karl Kirk, Danish gymnast († 1955)
• 1890 » William Moore, British track and field athlete († 1956)
• 1891 » Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer († 1972)
• 1891 » Laura Vicuña, Chilean nun († 1904)

• 1872 » Paul-Auguste-Ernest Laugier, French astronomer (b. 1812)
• 1873 » Milivoje Blaznavac, Serbian soldier and politician (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1891 » Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)
• 1900 » Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
• 1900 » Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)

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 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on April 5, 1888 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 37 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.