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• , Poppingawier Rauwerdehem Friesland Nederland († 1966)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Verheij († 1898)
• Abraham Jacobus Marinus Witsenius JONGEN, Wemeldinge († 1970)
• Akke Jelles Dooper, Hommerts (WYM), Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Nederland († 1962)
• Albertus Romkes Nauta, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
• Akke DOOPER, Wymbritseradeel(Friesland) († 1962)
• Adriana Quartel, Delft
• Alida Schaijik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1888)
• Aaltje Dirks Rozeboom, Kerkstraat, Vollenhove († 1900)
• Adolph Henry Zoellner, Perry Co., Missouri († 1981)

• Alfred Stuart Mc Donald (60), Kully Chaha, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
• Aleida Elisabeth VERHEIJ (0), Terborg
• Adriaan de Nooijer (67), Brouwershaven
• Wagemakers, Zundert
• Ane Katrine Christensdatter (S²gaard) (71), Vranderup, Seest sogn
• Anna Gertrudis Dresschers (68), Epen,Gulpen-Wittem,Limburg,Nederland
• Alettinus Branderhorst (0), De Werken, Nederland
• Adriaantje Berger (71), Benschop,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaantje Berger (72), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andrew Robert Matthewson (0), Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia

• 1885 » Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician († 1959)
• 1885 » Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater († 1962)
• 1887 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic († 1968)
• 1887 » François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist († 1915)
• 1887 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot († 1947)
• 1891 » August Froehlich, German priest and martyr († 1942)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)
• 1891 » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic († 1976)
• 1892 » Bessie Coleman, American pilot († 1926)

• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)

• 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.
• March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on January 26, 1888 was about 3.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 68 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.