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• Adrianus Dam, Schoten († 1888)
• Anna Flieringa, Babyloniënbroek († 1959)
• Amy Irene Lucille Alves, Morant Bay, Saint Thomas, Jamaica († 1981)
• Albert Gordon Nash, Soerabaja, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anna Huese, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1950)
• Groot Enzerink, Delden († 1888)
• Adriana Lenskje Reedijk, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1967)
• Adrianus Zundert van, Rucphen († 1935)
• Albert Alfred Bensemann, Upper Moutre, Waimea, Nelson, NZ († 1931)
• Albert van Dijk, Oldebroek, Nederland

• Johannes Leonardus Mel (0), Boschkapelle
• Alfred Hoyt Raymond *** (71), Verona, Lee, Mississippi, United States
• Amand Constantin Martial VANHERSECKE (64), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Aaldert Willems STADMAN (76), Zwiggelte (Westerbork), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Kubbe (72), Meeden, Nederland
• Aaltje Kubbe (72), Heereweg, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• anne catherine CARLIER (89), Boussu (Belgium)
• Antje Ristig (60), Hoornderveen, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Ristig (60), Hoornderveen (Wedde), Groningen, Nederland, Nederland
• Anna van Wijk (47), Uithoorn

• 1883 » Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic († 1974)
• 1884 » Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher († 1976)
• 1886 » Rex Stout, American detective novelist († 1975)
• 1886 » Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China († 1976)
• 1894 » Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist († 1982)
• 1895 » Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author († 1977)
• 1896 » Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union († 1974)
• 1898 » Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer († 1977)
• 1898 » Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba († 1977)
• 1900 » Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker († 1987)

• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

The temperature on December 1, 1888 was about 6.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.