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• Antonia van den Hoogen, Wijchen
• Antonius van den Hengel, Amsterdam († 1969)
• Antonia Cornelia van Dorst, Breda, Nederland († 1926)
• Arentje JANSSEN, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Hiltje Schaap, Menaldumadeel
• Adriana Cornelia Schijf, Uithoorn († 1944)
• Adriana Cornelia Schijff, Uithoorn,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Antonia de Geus, Klundert, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Abraham, Johannes Heuser, Rotterdam († 1948)
• Adolphe WOUTERS, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)

• Apolonia Johanna Vielaars (83), Delft
• Aagje Claasdr Kooij (78), Purmerend
• Arsène Darmesteter (42), Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Adriaan den Boer (46), Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA)
• Aaltje Visscher (2), Vollenhove, Ambt
• Anna Geerdina van Diete (49), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia van der Stroom (30), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bartje Draaijer (46), Hattem
• Almira Sabin (78), Shortsville, Ontario, NY
• Arij Jorisz Pors (77), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1883 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach († 1972)
• 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1889 » Dietrich Kraiß, German general († 1944)
• 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)
• 1890 » Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines († 1956)
• 1892 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet († 1978)
• 1892 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1953)
• 1894 » Bobby Cruickshank, American golfer († 1975)
• 1894 » Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor († 1963)

• 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)

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.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.
• 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 London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.

The temperature on November 16, 1888 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.