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• Alagonda Oosterhuis, Ten Boer (gem. Groningen) († 1962)
• Alford Lorenzo Hancock, Taylor, Navajo, Arizona Territory († 1954)
• den Hamer, Zaamslag
• Treffers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Josepha Theodora Hoek, Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Roos, Scheveningen († 1889)
• Adrianus Franciscus van Mosseveld, Dongen († 1962)
• Adrianus Herweijer, Oud Beijerland, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1958)
• Alijda Meijnders, Nijmegen
• Alida Laurentia Maria van Mosseveld, Aarle-Rixtel, Nederland († 1979)

• Anna Maria van de Meeracker (78), Sint-Oedenrode
• Klaasje Doldersum (80), Diever
• Anje Pieters Boer (45), Ulrum
• Bernardina Peters (0), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Augustus Stanislanus Six (81), Moorsele
• Anna GOUD (50), Dubbeldam
• Anna Maria van de Meerakker (78), Sint Oedenrode
• Anna Henriette Kielmann (0), Drausenhof, Hirschfeld, Preußisch-Holland, Ostpreußen
• Aaltjen Klein Nulent (58), Harfsen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina (Trijntje) van de Hoek (84), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1877 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator († 1960)
• 1881 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer († 1956)
• 1882 » Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian compositor and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria († 1949)
• 1884 » Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1970)
• 1886 » Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist († 1978)
• 1886 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer († 1924)
• 1887 » Tancrède Labbé, Canadian businessman and politician († 1956)
• 1896 » Blanche Sweet, American actress († 1986)
• 1897 » Martti Marttelin, Finnish runner († 1940)
• 1900 » Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser († 1989)

• 1860 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (b. 1783)
• 1866 » Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
• 1902 » Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
• 1916 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1928 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)

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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on June 18, 1888 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.