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• Albert Adelerhof († 1968)
• Adrianus Hendrik Grondel, 's-Gravenhage († 1959)
• Alida Maria Kuhn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Clemens, Haarlemmermeer († 1889)
• Albertus Kuntze, Haarlem († 1920)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Duuren, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Teunis van den Brink, Renkum, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1978)
• Aleida Johanna Wiltink
• Aartje Verkerk, Ammerstol († 1971)
• Albertina Silveira, Itu, São Paulo, Brasil

• Aaltje Tilburg (63), Pijnacker
• Antje Uilkes Dijkstra (83), Leeuwarden
• Anna Kadiks (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Kadiks (0), Rotterdam, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands
• Annie F Romine (1)
• Arij van Rossen (81), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Arnoldus SPRONK (2), Vianen
• Abraham Haringman (23), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus VREDEVELD (0), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Stasse (0), Hardinxveld, Nederland

• 1880 » Liberato Pinto, Portuguese colonel and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1949)
• 1881 » Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1882 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician († 1937)
• 1885 » George Scott, English footballer († 1916)
• 1891 » Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter († 1974)
• 1895 » Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player († 1967)
• 1895 » Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist († 1980)
• 1895 » Roscoe Turner, American pilot († 1970)
• 1897 » Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian († 1980)
• 1898 » Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist († 1976)

• 1862 » William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Lawrence Weathers, decorated WWI Australian soldier (b. 1890).

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.
• April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
• August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on September 29, 1888 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.