• Abraham Arnold Veen, v\d, Barneveld
• Albert Lubbers, Fremont, Newaygo County, MI († 1973)
• Anna Magaretha van den Brul, Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Derk Van Looijen, Den Horn
• Aaltje Tuijn, Assendelft, Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Adolf Hubertus Verhoeven, Maastricht († 1968)
• Andries van Utrecht, Geldermalsen († 1907)
• Abraham Pols, Waspik († 1903)
• van Oeveren, Delft
• Albertha Steenis, Baarn (NL) († 1889)

• Antonia de Swart (79), Rotterdam {ZH,NL}
• Andreas Leonardus van Honk (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Antonie de Lange (70), Rotterdam
• Ros, Besoijen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Aalt Van Leijenhorst (51), Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Boekkooi (47), Leiden
• Aaltje Jans Veenstra (76), Appingedam
• Antonius Norbertus van Moll (80), Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Josephina Hausten (84), Klimmen
• Antonius Norbertus van Mol (80), Oirschot (Oirschot) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1880 » Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright († 1921)
• 1881 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist († 1942)
• 1887 » Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician († 1934)
• 1891 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician († 1949)
• 1891 » Mabel Alvarez, American painter († 1985)
• 1894 » Brooks Atkinson, American theatre critic († 1984)
• 1894 » Henry Hazlitt, American economist and philosopher († 1993)
• 1895 » José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor († 1980)
• 1896 » Dawn Powell, American author and playwright († 1965)
• 1896 » Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress († 1994)

• 1870 » Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1873 » Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808)
• 1878 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)
• 1891 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)
• 1901 » Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869)
• 1912 » Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
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. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Jacoba
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Petronella
16. Trijntje

• 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 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 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• 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.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on November 28, 1888 was about 8.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.