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• Anna Booisma, Grijpskerk, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolf Thomas (Dolf) Wessel, Erica, Emmen († 1960)
• Adrianus van Bentem, Zoelmond († 1969)
• Aldert Kralt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Gerardus van der Drift, Vrijenban, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Alida Cornelia Heij, Gelders Veenendaal, Nederland
• Aaltje Frederiks Krol, Terkaple, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldert Kralt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriaan Jacobus Pijpelink, Hoek (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1888)
• ?? Kouwenhoven, Maassluis († 1888)

• Antje Hogervorst (59), Maasland, Nederland
• Antonius Schrauwen (67), Breda
• Antje Hoogervorst (59), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van Kleef (60), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arendje Noordzij (82), Spijkenisse
• Albertus Hendrikus Marinus Geesing (1), Hengelo-Klein Driene
• Hinke Jans Bergstra (82), Parrega
• Abraham (2) van den Bos (0), St.Philipsland
• Anna Catharina VAN DEN BORNE (80), Beverlo, Beringen, Province of Limburg, Belgium
• Alof (Olf) Jansen Eising (73)

• 1882 » Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author († 1932)
• 1883 » Frank George Woollard, English engineer († 1957)
• 1885 » Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia († 1951)
• 1885 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1885 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, designed the Stockholm Public Library († 1940)
• 1887 » Bhaurao Patil, Indian educator and activist († 1959)
• 1889 » Hooks Dauss, American baseball player († 1963)
• 1891 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator († 1978)
• 1892 » Billy West, American actor, director, and producer († 1975)

• 1828 » Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (b. 1787)
• 1852 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)
• 1872 » Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1801)
• 1881 » Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1831)
• 1914 » Alain-Fournier, French soldier and author (b. 1886)
• 1919 » Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1858)
• 1952 » Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (b. 1865)

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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on September 22, 1888 was about 21.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.