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• Alexandro Jaquez († 1974)
• Adrianus Damen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1890)
• Anna Hendrika Rompa, Waspik († 1960)
• Aaltjen Heijink, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1906)
• Annigje Verlaan, Waarder († 1952)
• Abraham Van Ketel, haarlem
• Adèle Gerardine Vaes, Groot-Gelmen, België
• Adrianus Theodorus Schoon, Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Alida Wegbrands, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kruse, Zunderdorp, Nederland († 1933)

• Adrianus Koenen, Dongen, Noord Brabant, Nl
• Anna Maria Kersten (81), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antke Catharina Meijer (2), Emmen
• Andries van Driel (63), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Anna Philippina Goossens (61), Werchter
• Aria de GEUS (1), Maasdam
• Anna Maria Schrader (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Kneulman (63), Hoorn
• Anna Geugiena De Wolde (0), Nieuw Amsterdam, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Philippina Goossens (61), Werchter, Brabant, Belgie

• 1881 » Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1886 » Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman († 1974)
• 1888 » Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1888 » Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic († 1980)
• 1890 » Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1890 » Yvonne Arnaud, French pianist, actress and singer († 1958)
• 1891 » Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper († 1971)
• 1894 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia († 1978)
• 1898 » Irene Dunne, American actress and singer († 1990)
• 1898 » Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)

• 1856 » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
• 1862 » Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)

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 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

The temperature on December 20, 1888 was about -0.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.