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• Jan Eigenbrood, Lisse († 1983)
• Anna Deborah Marshall, Philadelphia, PA († 1977)
• Adriana Maria van den Boogaard, Utrecht († 1975)
• Adriana Korving, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1890)
• Adrianus Clausman, Woerden, Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• ANAISE ROSALIA DE SOMME, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1972)
• de Zeeuw, Terneuzen
• Adolf Waterschoot, Temse († 1889)
• Albert Slothouber, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Adriaan de Boer, Broek op L'dijk († 1954)

• Cornelia Van Leeuwen (53), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johannes Leijten (64), Raamsdonkveer
• Cornelis Van De Kamp (70), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernadine Helena Zumhebel (0), Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Carolina van Dooren (46), Oploo
• Baukje Feddes ten Hoeve (1), Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Evertsen van de Kamp (70), Barneveld, Nederland
• Catherine Coy (48)
• Cornelia van Leeuwen (53), Leiden
• Catharina Francisca Mourisse (69), Dixmude

• 1880 » Grantland Rice, American journalist and poet († 1954)
• 1880 » Sholem Asch, Polish-American author and playwright († 1957)
• 1881 » Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral († 1965)
• 1886 » Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author and poet († 1951)
• 1886 » Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese poet and critic († 1942)
• 1887 » L.S. Lowry, English painter and illustrator († 1976)
• 1888 » George Kenner, German-American painter and illustrator († 1971)
• 1888 » Michał Sopoćko, Polish cleric and academic († 1975)
• 1889 » Hannah Höch, German painter and photographer († 1978)
• 1889 » Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)

• 1888 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)

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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• 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.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

The temperature on November 1, 1888 was about 9.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.