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• Aaltje Hommes Homsma, Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1972)
• adrianus jacobus vogelzang, den haag († 1888)
• Albertus Johannes van Veen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Aleijda Kamp, Hattem, Nederland († 1951)
• (Stillborn) HEEREMA, Winsum Groningen Netherlands († 1888)
• Aart Brons, Barneveld, Gemeente Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Petrus Doove, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Ahazweris Dikschei, Zwollerkerspel
• Adriana Cornelia van den Heuvel, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland
• Adriana Kool, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1888)

• Adriana Maria van Boxtel (0), Loon op Zand, Gemeente Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Antje Lieuwes Posthumus (64), Niawier
• Adriana Maria van Loon (80), Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Aldert Ebbinga (13), Peize, Drenthe, Netherlands
• (Stillborn) HEEREMA (0), Winsum Groningen Netherlands
• Aart Schilperoord (60), Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Wijk (70), Emmen
• Antonie Mouwen (74)
• Adrianus Hermanus OUWENS (55), Klaten, Surakarta
• Anna Maria Louis (Lonis), Schinveld

• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)
• 1883 » Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic († 1961)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)
• 1884 » Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator († 1958)
• 1889 » M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India († 1963)
• 1891 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania († 1948)
• 1895 » Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. († 1982)
• 1896 » André Masson, French painter and illustrator († 1987)
• 1896 » Everett Dirksen, American politician († 1969)
• 1897 » Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China († 1965)

• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)

• 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.
• 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 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.

The temperature on January 4, 1888 was about -1.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.