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• Spruit, Nieuw-en Sint Joosland
• Schinkel, Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Theune, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1974)
• Wijnhold, Roswinkel († 1959)
• Adriaan Herber, Utrecht († 1934)
• Adrianus van Trigt, Gravenzande
• Aaron Esther Mendenhall
• Polman, De Bilt († 1888)
• Adrianus Maria Louter, Bregtdorp, Nederland († 1888)
• Aaltje Kleis, Vledder

• Adriana Pietersd van de Merwe (0), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Aalbert de Ruiter (79), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Agatha Andringa (0), Wytgaard (LWL), Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalbert Gijsbertsz de Ruiter (78), Oud-Beijerland
• Aart Nugteren (68), Ridderkerk, Nederland
• Anna van den Bosch (0), Laagnieuwkoop
• Adolf Arnoldus Carel Steinmetz (72), Renswoude, U, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Van Ooije (82), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• aart(arie) NUGTEREN (68), ridderkerk
• Adriana de Laat- (58), Riel, 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)

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.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• 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 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• 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 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%.