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• Adriana (=Jane) Foppen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Anthonie van den Tol, Bruinisse († 1911)
• Albert Lancioni, Rome, Italië († 1962)
• aart LODDER, ridderkerk
• Allie C. Wenger, Indiana, Amerika († 1969)
• Alberdina Anastasia Mandingers, Mook en Middelaar
• Albert Meijer, Hardenberg, Nederland
• Albertje Tenhage, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)
• Aaltje Neef, Midwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1916)
• Adriana Stoel, Dordrecht, Gemeente Dordrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1961)

• (Stillborn) HOEKSTRA (0), Vierhuizen (Ulrum) Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maria Snoeke (35), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Bannink (0), Doetinchem Stad
• Antje Koster (88), Lange Ruige Weide
• Adriaan Bakx (0), Oosterhout
• Brand Valkenburg (0), Leersum 25
• Bernardus Philippus Stoppelberg (57), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Constant Joseph GODBILLE (63), Corswarem, 64018, Liège, Belgique
• Cornelis Jacobs VAN GESTEL, Oostelbeers,,Netherlands
• Antonie Sanders (0), Rotterdam

• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)
• 1880 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer († 1964)
• 1881 » Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter († 1955)
• 1882 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1918)
• 1882 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1971)
• 1888 » Heinz Guderian, German general († 1954)
• 1897 » Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint († 1911)
• 1898 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic († 1961)
• 1898 » Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter († 2009)
• 1898 » M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator († 1972)

• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)

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 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on June 17, 1888 was about 12.4 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.