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• Aaltje Dorgelo, Dedemsvaart {OV} (Avereest) († 1976)
• Alexander Jan Griffioen, Woerden, Zuid-Holland (na 1989 Utrecht), Nederland († 1897)
• Aaltje Dorgelo, Avereest, Hardenberg,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1976)
• Aloijs Alphons Crijns, Mönchengladbach, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1956)
• ? ?, Arleux-en-Gohelle, 62 († 1948)
• Alberdina Maria Josephina Heukensfeld, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1890)
• Adriaantje Scheurwater, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Voulon, Aengwirden († 1888)
• Anna Claassen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Poptie, Diepenveen, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1973)

• Arisje Lubberts van de Brom (68), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Maas (89), Roosendaal en Nispen, Nederland
• Arisje Lubberts Brom (68), Nijkerk
• Bernardus Nijland (49), Bentelo, Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• anton hooft (0), amsterdam
• andrieske jetzes BOUMA (36), bolsward
• Arisje Lubbertsen (van den) Brom (68), Nijkerk, Nederland
• Annigien Boertien (49), Oosterhesselen
• Aaltje van 't Ende (5), Oldebroek
• Anna van der Velde (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1877 » Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer († 1944)
• 1880 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist († 1973)
• 1881 » Albert Gleizes, French painter († 1953)
• 1884 » Francis Balfour, English colonel and politician († 1965)
• 1886 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator († 1957)
• 1890 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer († 1959)
• 1892 » Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic († 1938)
• 1894 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye († 1938)
• 1894 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist († 1961)
• 1899 » Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright († 1970)

• 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
• 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)

• 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 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on December 8, 1888 was about 1.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.