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• * Jan Dirk Leonardus Zoetelief, Den Helder
• Aagje Martijn, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Reitsma, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1888)
• Anke Suurd, de Wilp, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Alice Olive Lindsay, Headland, Alabama Henry County († 1980)
• Adriana Van Mook, Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Agatha Toornend, Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Adriana Cornelia Touw, den Helder, Noord-Holland, Neederland († 1938)
• Albert Charles Marie Gobert d'ASPREMONT-LYNDEN, Barvaux-Condroz, Province de Namur, Walloon Region, Belgie († 1960)
• Albert Snijder, Weststellingwerf, Boijl († 1964)

• Aaltje van Diepen (58), Spanbroek
• Alphonsina Rosa Maria Elisabeth Rutten (0), Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha van Boxtel (1), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Anna Cool, Aartrijke
• Adrianus Arnoldus Schiks (3), Zevenbergen
• Christina (Chrisje) Waterman (52)
• Antonius Gerardus Siteur (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cecilia Johanna Le Roux (83), Buffeljagsrivier Swellendam,Zuid Afrika
• Reitsma (0), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Berber Aukes van der Bijl (2), Tietjerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1879 » Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach († 1962)
• 1879 » Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1934)
• 1882 » Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player († 1965)
• 1885 » Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician († 1964)
• 1885 » Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician († 1965)
• 1892 » George Bambridge, English diplomat († 1943)
• 1894 » Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot († 1922)
• 1895 » Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and financier († 1948)
• 1896 » Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer († 1981)
• 1896 » Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician († 1985)

• 1876 » Braxton Bragg, American general (b. 1817)
• 1886 » Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (b. 1812)
• 1898 » Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1911 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
• 1917 » Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
• 1919 » Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1843)
• 1921 » Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (b. 1858)

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 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• 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 September 27, 1888 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.