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• Andreas Joannes van Hoeij, Oss († 1888)
• Aloys Debruyne, Klerken
• Aaltje Roelofsen, Opheusden (GL) The Netherlands († 1955)
• Abraham Serlier, Oegstgeest, South Holland, Netherlands († 1914)
• Alphons Delmien Frappier
• de Waaij, Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland († 1888)
• Adriaan van den Heuvel, Rotterdam
• Aaldrik Wever, Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1888)
• Americano Dalto de Almeida, Baependi, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Adriaan Slob, Giessendam, South Holland, Netherlands

• Adrianus Petrus de Swart (27), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Pietersz de Vette (81), Schipluiden
• Anna Thiemens van den Berg (85), Oost-Vlieland
• Oldejans (0), Assen
• Aaltjen de Groot (76), Dedemsvaart
• anna cornelia blom (57), harmelen
• Arendje Blok (67), Hoogvliet
• Adrianus (Arie) VETTE,DE (80), Schipluiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kalkman (66), Gouderak
• Aaltje de Groot (64), Avereest

• 1882 » Harold D. Babcock, American astronomer († 1968)
• 1886 » Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1887 » Jean-Henri Humbert, French botanist († 1967)
• 1888 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company († 1958)
• 1888 » Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter († 1960)
• 1889 » Charles Hawes, American historian and author († 1923)
• 1889 » Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, German general of paratroop forces during World War II († 1968)
• 1889 » Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and playwright († 1972)
• 1891 » Walter Model, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1892 » Franz Aigner, Austrian weightlifter († 1970)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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.
• August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• 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 24, 1888 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.