About the day » Monday January 16, 1888Calender converter

• Adrianus Maria Louter, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Abraham de Beer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Abraham de Beer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriaan Theune, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1974)
• Aaltje Anthonia Francisca OVERHOFF, Willemsoord (NL/OV) / Steenwijkerwold (NL/OV) (16) († 1963)
• Adriana kanselaar, bergschenhoek († 1962)
• Aartje Koomen, Kralingen, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Schinkel, Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Antonia Franciska Overhoff, Steenwijkerwold
• Aaltje Kleis, Vledder

• Adriana de Laat (58), Alphen en Riel, Gemeente Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Keuken (49), Avereest
• Adriana Groen (68), Nieuwe Diep
• Adriana Nicolaas' Groen (68), Den Helder
• Allegonfa WILLEMS (59), Wijchen, 1925, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Laat de (58), Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Arnoldus Carel Steinmetz (71), Renswoude
• Damhuis (0), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• aalbert de RUITER (78), oud-beijerland
• Aart Nugteren (68), Ridderkerk, Nederland

• 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)
• 1892 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist († 1949)
• 1893 » Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist († 1981)
• 1894 » Irving Mills, American publisher († 1985)
• 1895 » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician († 1947)
• 1895 » Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author († 1955)
• 1895 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1966)

• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)

• 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 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• 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 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• 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 January 16, 1888 was about -5.3 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.