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• Alida Plug, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Alida Plug, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Aafke EBELS, Warffum Groningen Netherlands
• Annigje de Kreij, Ottoland, Nederland († 1905)
• Aaltje TOL, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Albert Carl Ebelhar, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1939)
• Alida Groeneveld, Utrecht († 1967)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Wansem, Den Haag († 1948)
• Angele Croes, Tourcoing (F)
• Akke van der Laan, Makkum, gem. Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1975)

• Amand Lestrade (0), Boussu, Hainaut, Belgique
• Albert Fieret (15), scheveningen
• Albert Kok (69), Diever
• Abraham van Vloten (59), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
• Alexander Kruijer (38), Den Helder, N.H, The Netherlands
• Berendina Schilder (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertje Veening (48), Dokkum,, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Ro(o)vers (79), Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Catherina Janssen (1), Sint Odiliënberg, Roerdalen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Clara Hendrietha van der Hucht (88), Amsterdam

• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)
• 1890 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director († 1975)
• 1897 » Louis de Cazenave, French soldier († 2008)
• 1898 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist († 1980)

• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (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.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.

The temperature on October 16, 1888 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.