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• Anna Maria De Bleser, Terhagen
• Adrianus Jong de, Schiedam ( Zuid Holland )
• Andreas Joannes van Belkom, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1950)
• Abraham van der Sluis, Rotterdam, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Alfred THORLEY, Bloxwich, Walsall, Vol 6B, P 651 († 1960)
• Boschman, Wijchen († 1888)
• Aaltje Vrij, Ransdorp
• Albine Lange († 1956)
• Adrianus Jacobus Wezenbeek, Loon op Zand († 1977)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Wezenbeek, Loon op Zand (Noord-Brabant) († 1977)

• Abram Evan Gwynne SHERMAN (41), New Haven, Connecticut or New York, United States
• Ann Breese (71), Ottawa, La Salle, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Oldenhuis (82), Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Boschman (0), Wijchen
• Adriaantje Faase (76), Renesse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. Nederland
• Albert Annes Pot (42), Oudkerk
• Aart van der Kuil (66), Delft
• Albert Strijker (30), Koekange, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anje Kniphuizen (37), Ulrum
• Abraham Simon Melkman (70), Amsterdam (NL)

• 1875 » Jim Corbett, Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author († 1955)
• 1878 » Masaharu Anesaki, Japanese philosopher and scholar († 1949)
• 1882 » George S. Rentz, American commander († 1942)
• 1883 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1947)
• 1886 » Edward Cummins, American golfer († 1926)
• 1894 » Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian Serb revolutionary († 1918)
• 1894 » Walter Brennan, American actor († 1974)
• 1895 » Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, Danish actress († 1968)
• 1896 » Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman († 1967)
• 1896 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright († 1952)

• 1831 » Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1789)
• 1834 » Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1842 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (b. 1766)
• 1843 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and engineer (b. 1766)
• 1861 » Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1805)
• 1865 » James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1887 » John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808)
• 1934 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
• 1934 » François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)

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 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• 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.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on July 25, 1888 was about 18.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.