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• Angèle Marie Elisa Schutyzer, Appelterre-Eychem († 1951)
• Albert Jan Seinen, Hardenberg Ambt {OV}
• Aafje Stolk, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Claes, Vorselaar
• Albertus Verbanck, Adinkerke
• Aalt Westra, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1985)
• Aaltje Mol *, Giethoorn
• Aalbert van de Scheur, Putten († 1956)
• Aalt Westra, Kampen, Overijssel, NL († 1985)
• Adrianus Johannes Horden, Noordeloos, Gemeente Giessenlanden, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• Aaltje Bramer (5), Oldemarkt
• ANNA LIVINA VERBRAEKEN (69), HAMME,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Aafje Hogendam (80), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Janssen (73), Groesbeek
• Adriana Leijten (51), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Aaltje Tolboom (0), Soest
• Aaltje Noppert (0), Joure gem. Haskerland, Nederland
• Aaldert Smit (1), Hollandscheveld
• Anna Maria Groeneveld (53), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alkien NIJDAM (65), Hemmen (Haren), Groningen, Nederland

• 1879 » Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1944)
• 1881 » Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher († 1973)
• 1884 » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States († 1962)
• 1884 » Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1884 » Sig Ruman, German-American actor († 1967)
• 1885 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1890 » A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1978)
• 1894 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant († 1919)
• 1896 » Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist († 1982)
• 1897 » Nathan Farragut Twining, American general († 1982)

• 1837 » Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
• 1852 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1889 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)

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.
• March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

The temperature on October 11, 1888 was about 10.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.