About the day » Thursday November 29, 1888Calender converter

• Anna de Vries, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1977)
• Adrianus IZENDOORN, Dordrecht
• Adrianus Aloijsius Baak, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Andreas Constantinus Cornelius Schillemans, Hoevenen, Stabroek († 1970)
• Adolph Brandenburger, Waldaubach, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany († 1951)
• Anna Maria Damen, Oosterhout, Noord Brabant
• Aart Ambachtsheer, Ridderkerk († 1978)
• Andreas Achilles Buzeyn, Eede,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1974)
• Wilhelmus(Willem) Deliën, Nieuw-Vossemeer († 1964)
• Driessen, Beers, Nbr.NL († 1974)

• Cornelia van Tol (80), Woubrugge 27
• CHRISTINA THUR (52), LEIDEN, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina (= Klasina ) IJzerman (72), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerrits Jansma (56), Balk
• Franken (1), Princenhage
• Anna Lamens (56), Pijnacker
• Albertus van Grafhorst (76), zutphen
• Alida Romijn (58), sliedrecht (zuid holland)
• Anne Algera (0), Huzum
• Andreas Janssen (82), Heel en Panheel

• 1878 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player († 1938)
• 1879 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer († 1963)
• 1881 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence († 1957)
• 1881 » Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general († 1944)
• 1882 » Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer († 1984)
• 1888 » Joe Slater, Australian footballer and captain († 1917)
• 1891 » Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria († 1964)
• 1895 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer († 1976)
• 1895 » William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia († 1971)
• 1898 » C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic († 1963)

• 1846 » Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
• 1872 » Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
• 1883 » Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1894 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)
• 1918 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)
• 1939 » Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)

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.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on November 29, 1888 was about 4.1 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.