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Died on Saturday October 6, 1888
- Andries van Iterson (54), Hellevoetsluis
- Albert (Aalbert) Bosch (Bos) (81), Heerde, Nederland
- Albert (Aalbert) Bosch (81), Heerde
- Aalbert Bos(Bosch) (81), Heerde,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Nelissen (77), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
- Adriana Kaatje Munters (71), Fijnaart en Heijningen
- Albertus Gosen (0), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
- Albert Nieuwenhuis (0), Beerzerveld
- Albertus Hendrikus Rooseboom (68), Kloosterveen (gem. Smilde)
- Aalbert Bos (81), Heerde (Gld) Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 6, 1888 at Delpher
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De standaard
- Leeuwarder courant
- De Graafschap-bode : nieuws- en advertentieblad voor stad- en ambt-Doetinchem, Hummelo en Keppel, Wehl, Zeddam, 's Heerenberg, Ulft, Gendringen, Sillevolde, Terborg, Varsseveld, Dinxperlo, Aalten, Breedevoorde, Lichtenvoorde, Groenlo, Neede, Eibergen, Bor
- De Gooi- en Eemlander : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
Born on October 6
- 1876 » Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice († 1941)
- 1882 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer († 1937)
- 1886 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1960)
- 1887 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy († 1965)
- 1888 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot († 1918)
- 1891 » Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator († 1946)
- 1893 » Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic († 1956)
- 1895 » Caroline Gordon, American author and critic († 1981)
- 1896 » David Howard, American film director († 1941)
- 1897 » Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic († 1991)
Died on October 6
- 1829 » Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
- 1836 » Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
- 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
- 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
- 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
- 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
- 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
- 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
- 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
- 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
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.
- 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.
- April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
- May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
- September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
- October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
- December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
The weather on Saturday October 6, 1888
The temperature on October 6, 1888 was about 7.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI