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• Adronie Marie Beernaert, Kortemark,8610,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1971)
• Adolph Christiaan Blonk, Rotterdam
• ANNA MARIA LUCIA SMEETS, HELCHTEREN († 1965)
• Alphonsus Joannes Obels, Antwerpen († 1890)
• Adrianus van Doleweerd, Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland († 1974)
• Aalt Dokter, Kampen († 1888)
• André KIEFFER, Grosbliederstroff, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Abraham van Kreveld, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriaantje de Ridder, Hoornaar
• Anna Maria Derix (Derks), Afferden

• Adrianus Stoop (0), Zevenbergen
• Albertus Wilhelmusz van Nierop (65), Echten, dr.nld
• Albertus van Nierop (65), Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonia Petronella Wilhelmina Lancee (Lancée) (39), Utrecht
• Adriaen Kuypers (88), Loenhout (B)
• Anna Catharina Brand (17), Niederlangen, Lathen
• Agatha Schrijver (52), Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Willems van Nierop (65), Echten (Frl)
• Anthonia Petronella Wilhelmina Lancee (39), Utrecht
• ANTJE SYMENS VAN DER MEULEN (52), FERWERD, Friesland, Nederland

• 1874 » Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1875 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player († 1936)
• 1875 » Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia († 1941)
• 1883 » Gustav Suits, Estonian-Swedish poet and politician († 1956)
• 1887 » Andrej Gosar, Slovenian economist, lawyer, and politician († 1970)
• 1887 » Beatrice Kerr, Australian swimmer and diver († 1971)
• 1888 » Harry Altham, English cricketer and coach († 1965)
• 1889 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1977)
• 1889 » Reuvein Margolies, Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar († 1971)
• 1898 » Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and manager († 1976)

• 1863 » Kamehameha IV, Hawaiian King (b. 1834)
• 1864 » Patrick Cleburne, Irish-American general (b. 1828)
• 1873 » Alexander Berry, Scottish-Welsh surgeon, merchant, and explorer (b. 1781)
• 1892 » Dimitrios Valvis, Greek judge and politician, 69th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (b. 1854)
• 1901 » Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (b. 1815)
• 1907 » Ludwig Levy, German architect (b. 1854)
• 1908 » Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)
• 1920 » Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (b. 1867)
• 1923 » John Maclean, Scottish educator and activist (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.
• March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.

The temperature on November 30, 1888 was about 6.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 34 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.