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• Adrianus Gerrit van Straalen, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1890)
• Alida Willekes, Harlingen († 1939)
• Abraham van der Hoek, oostvoorne († 1899)
• Adriana Jacoba de Kat Angelino, Deil, Geldermalsen († 1977)
• Adriana Maria Riemslag, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Alida Hendrika Lokhorst, Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 1976)
• Albert Campe († 1892)
• Adrianus Gerrit van Straalen, 's-Gravenzande († 1890)
• Albert Guezen, amsterdam, Nederland
• Agnes Eusebia Sara van Steenbergen, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Adriana de LANNOIJ (74), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van Meeteren (0), Tiel
• Adam van Gilst (47), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Adrianus van Thillo (26), Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België
• Amandus Damman (79), Staden,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Arend Kats (46), Hollandscheveld/Hoogeveen
• Agatha Christina Sperna Weiland (74), Hilligersberg
• Aloysia Maria Sidonia van Britsom (0), Beveren-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Abigail Peck (79)
• Adrianus Hanssen (51), s Hertogenbosch,Nederland

• 1880 » Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall († 1952)
• 1882 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano († 1963)
• 1882 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist († 1959)
• 1882 » Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1882 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic († 1957)
• 1883 » Carl Vinson, American judge and politician († 1981)
• 1886 » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1967)
• 1888 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist († 1973)
• 1889 » Stanislav Kosior, Polish-Russian politician († 1939)
• 1891 » Gio Ponti, Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher.(† 1979)

• 1841 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)
• 1852 » Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)

• 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.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on November 18, 1888 was about 8.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.