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• Albert Owen FREEMAN, Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Angelina Martha van Meel, Rotselaar
• Anna Catharina Dorscheidt, Kerkrade (L († 1888)
• Abramina Koek, Amsterdam († 1888)
• Angèle Françoise Catherine De Becker, Sint-Gillis, Brussel, België († 1960)
• Adriana Roodenburg, Vlaardingen († 1960)
• Aaltje STERN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Aafke Hofkamp, Groningen
• van Otterloo, Culemborg († 1888)
• Albert Huiskes, Havelte

• Antonius De de Wit de With (78), Ammerzoden, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hembd (69), Wonsheim
• Verstraten (0), Rucphen
• Kok (0), Hoogland
• Albertus BOS (78), Weerselo, Nederland, Overijssel, Lemselo
• Aaltjen Vriese (66), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Egberts (Boertien) Boertje (85), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barta Francisca Lindner (50)
• Barta Francisca Linther (50), Groenlo
• Adrianus van de Ven (9), Boxtel

• 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)

• 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)

• 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 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• 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.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

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%.