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• Albertje Steen, Kibbelgaarn, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1889)
• Aaltje Fidder, Nunspeet († 1966)
• Abraham du Prie, Leiden
• Andreas Anthonius Deelder, Den Helder
• Adriana Francina Verkaik, Capelle aan den IJssel († 1915)
• Andreas Anthonius Deelder, Den Helder († 1972)
• Schuurmans, Huissen († 1888)
• Alec Belton Brooker, Crondall, Hampshire, England († 1969)
• Taeke Kooyenga, Arum
• Albert Klazes Stoter, Hoogeveen († 1892)

• Anne van der Leest (0), Groningen
• Anna Angela Suelmann (1), Lindloh, Haren (Ems)
• Aaltje Strijker (17), Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice Farrington (38)
• Amelia LEEUWS (46), Herselt,, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Maria Catharina Varwijk (74), Zwartsluis
• Aletta Linschoten (45), Waarder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Thames Pooijer (75), Edam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Cornelia van der Meer (2), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Bellmer (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1879 » Fred Englehardt, American jumper († 1942)
• 1880 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal († 1971)
• 1881 » George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician († 1950)
• 1881 » Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia († 1963)
• 1885 » Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor († 1973)
• 1887 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War († 1943)
• 1888 » Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer († 1958)
• 1893 » Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright († 1952)
• 1897 » Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist († 1948)
• 1897 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1959)

• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)

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.
• 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.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on May 14, 1888 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 31 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.