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• Hooijen, Netersel
• Aartje van Tricht, De Bilt
• Albert Henry McKane, Gerralaong. New South Wales, Australia († 1941)
• Albert Victor Greenwood #8623*8 († 1976)
• Alexander Andreas Johannes van Zundert, Roosendaal en Nispen (NL) († 1890)
• Agnes Rebecca E Welsh, Camberwell, London, England († 1979)
• Albert Oosterhuis, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 1956)
• Adolphe Joseph Taelman, Anzegem
• Anna Linthoudt, Eenrum
• * Anna Maria Verhagen, Stompwijk († 1955)

• - Verkleij, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, NEDERLAND
• Anna Cornelia Zagers (82)
• Anna Maria Klaaren (81), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• ADRIAANTJE PLAISIER (22), Ridderkerk
• Antoinette Elisab Nio, unbekannt
• Alphonsus Johannes Aloisius van Muijen (0), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus van der Lugt (79), De Lier
• Aaltje Kuik (0), Hoogeveen
• Bellersen, Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Alfred Joseph Louchart (28), Infirmerie Ambulance de Vinh-Tuy, Viet-Nam

• 1866 » Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1870 » Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company († 1912)
• 1876 » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner († 1928)
• 1881 » Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author († 1966)
• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Edward G. Robinson, American actor († 1973)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer († 1942)
• 1907 » Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer († 2015)

• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)
• 1858 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)

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.
• January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

The temperature on December 12, 1888 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.