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• Adriana van der Graaf, Monster, 2681, Nederland († 1890)
• Albertje Jans de Vries, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexandrina Henriette Toornstra, Dokkum + akte († 1918)
• Wicher Patje, Sappemeer
• Selis, Groningen Gr. Nederland († 1888)
• AAFFIENE VINKENBORG, LEEUWARDEN
• Aagje Gerardina Beekenkamp, Zegwaart, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Anna Carolina SCHMIDT, Winterswijk († 1968)
• Albertje de Vries, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1966)
• Agatha Elisabeth Falk, Amsterdam Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1934)

• Albert te Winkel (59), Wijhe (Wechterholt), Overijssel, Nederland
• Vegers (0), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertien Huising (93), Exloo (Odoorn)
• * Marinus Teulings (78), Nieuwkuik
• Ane Johanne Larsen (47), Pjedsted sogn, Vejle amt
• Aalt van de Geest (68), Hoevelaken
• Albertien, Albertje Huizing (93), Exloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Cornelisdr de Jong (68), Katwijk
• Alida Francina Maria Molenaar (40), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Marinus Dartee (0), Rotterdam

• 1883 » Maurice Utrillo, French painter († 1955)
• 1885 » Bazoline Estelle Usher, African-American educator († 1992)
• 1887 » Arthur Percival, English general († 1966)
• 1888 » Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian († 1982)
• 1890 » Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)
• 1890 » Percy Hodge, English runner († 1967)
• 1891 » Henry Miller, American author and painter († 1980)
• 1892 » Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator († 1975)
• 1893 » Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China († 1976)
• 1894 » Jean Toomer, American author and poet († 1967)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

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.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.
• August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on December 26, 1888 was about 4.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.