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• Anna Gysberta Fredrika Johanna Louw
• Ankjen Libbes Huisma, opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Gerardus Rokers († 1970)
• Anna Margaretha Albers, Aschendorf († 1888)
• Ankjen Huisma († 1888)
• Johanna Aleida Matthijssen, Huissen († 1973)
• Agnes Hendrica de Vogel, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Abel Wagoner, Encampment, Wyoming († 1965)
• Alida Bakker, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1951)
• Jordaan, Larned (Kansas, USA) († 1888)

• Hamers, Goirle
• Antonius Leonardus Levens (0), Tilburg
• Adriana Johanna Staneke (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Roling (64), Beerzerveld (Ommen) Nederland
• Anna Maria Bartels (0), Leeuwarden
• Aafke Harms Aldershoff (Aldershof) (53), Ooststellingwerf
• Anna Maria Rohling (64), Beerzerveld, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertje Ringenier (0), Grafhorst
• Alida Maria van Ingen (84), Amsterdam
• Aleida Tankink (67), Hengelo, Nederland

• 1881 » Pauline Brunius, Swedish actress and director († 1954)
• 1883 » Edith Clarke, American electrical engineer († 1959)
• 1883 » H.V. Hordern, Australian cricketer († 1938)
• 1889 » Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey († 1982)
• 1890 » Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator Nobel Prize laureate († 1960)
• 1890 » Fanny Kaplan, Ukrainian-Russian activist († 1918)
• 1892 » Alan Hale Sr., American actor and director († 1950)
• 1893 » Bill Tilden, American tennis player and coach († 1953)
• 1893 » Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer, and pianist († 1980)
• 1894 » Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1986)

• 1865 » Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (b. 1808)
• 1887 » Ellen Wood, English author (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » John A. Roche, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
• 1906 » Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
• 1912 » Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek long jumper (b. 1888)
• 1917 » John William Waterhouse, English soldier and painter (b. 1849)
• 1918 » Abdul Hamid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1842)

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.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• 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 February 10, 1888 was about 6.2 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.