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Born on Sunday October 7, 1888
- , Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1918)
- Johanna Kegge, Rotterdam († 1967)
- Alida van Klink, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1894)
- Aleida Willemina Ebbekink, Driene (Lonneker)
- Albertus Adrianus van Zelst, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1891)
- Albert Edward Wray, England
- Albert Lucasz Brouwer, Urk, Flevoland, Netherlands († 1932)
- Albertus Johannes Janssen, Nijmegen († 1967)
- Adrianus Sins, Made en Drimmelen († 1964)
- Agnes Mercks - Hassink, Maastricht, Limburg, Nl
Died on Sunday October 7, 1888
- Aafke Jans Zwier (45), Tolbert
- Alphonsus Franciscus D'hondt (0), Bazel, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Anna Maria Groothuisen (39), Nijmegen
- Albertus Wilshaus (0), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Leendert Solleveld (54), 's-Gravenzande
- Catherine Oprah LeSueur (46), Edgar Springs, Phelps, Missouri, United States
- Catharina Maria Theodora Aerts (0), Borkel en Schaft
- Annie Teresa Farrelly (24), Queensland, Australia
- Aafke Zwier (45), Tolbert, Leek,, Groningen, Nederland
- Aaldert van Roekel (0), Renkum,Renkum,Gelderland,Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 7, 1888 at Delpher
Born on October 7
- 1884 » Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot († 1927)
- 1885 » Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1948)
- 1885 » Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
- 1887 » Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach († 1961)
- 1888 » Edna Meade Colson, African American educator and activist († 1985)
- 1888 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States († 1965)
- 1889 » Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1968)
- 1892 » Dwain Esper, American director and producer († 1982)
- 1893 » Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher († 1979)
- 1894 » Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director († 1970)
Died on October 7
- 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
- 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
- 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
- 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
- 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
- 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
- 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
- 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
- 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
- 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
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.
- March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
- 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.
- August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
- August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
- September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
The weather on Sunday October 7, 1888
The temperature on October 7, 1888 was about 6.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI