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Born on Sunday January 29, 1888
- Alijda Maria (tante Da) Coers, Wageningen († 1974)
- te Hennepe, Winterswijk († 1888)
- Alida Maria Debruyne, Klerken († 1975)
- Albert Rougoor, Wisch, Gelderland, Nederland († 1930)
- Adriana Roodenburg, Vlaardingen († 1960)
- Adriana Maria Elizabeth Breedveld, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Aaltje STERN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1942)
- Albert Owen FREEMAN, Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
- Albert Huiskes, Havelte
- Aart Suijker, amsterdam, Nederland
Died on Sunday January 29, 1888
- Antje van der Mark (49), Veele, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
- Adrianus Willemen (88), Kalmthout
- Aaltje Eckstein (55), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
- Arie de Bonte (6), Heemstede
- Antonia von Schmidburg (42), Trieste, Italie
- 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van van Veen (0), Ter Aar (Aardam)
- Antonius De wit (78), Ammerzoden, Nederland
- Aaltjen Vriese (66), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
- van Otterloo (0), Culemborg
- Adrianus Westdijk (3), Oude-Tonge
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 29, 1888 at Delpher
Born on January 29
- 1877 » Georges Catroux, French general and diplomat († 1969)
- 1880 » W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter († 1946)
- 1881 » Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist († 1975)
- 1884 » Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor († 1982)
- 1888 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist († 1970)
- 1888 » Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman († 1985)
- 1891 » Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina and educator († 1975)
- 1891 » R. Norris Williams, Swiss-American tennis player and banker († 1968)
- 1892 » Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor († 1947)
- 1895 » Muna Lee, American poet and author († 1965)
Died on January 29
- 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
- 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
- 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
- 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
- 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
- 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
- 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
- 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
- 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
- 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
Names that were popular for boys in 1888
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Joseph
- Gerardus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1888
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Marie
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1888
- 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.
- May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
- 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.
- 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.
- September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
- October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
The weather on Sunday January 29, 1888
The temperature on January 29, 1888 was about -3.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI