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• Adrianus Gerardus Leewis, Rotterdam († 1953)
• Aaltje Johanna Noorlander, Krimpen aan de Lek († 1948)
• Albertus Mattheus Niesten, Wijk aan Zee en Duin (nu Beverwijk) († 1974)
• Alcides de Almeida Ferrari, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil († 1969)
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• Bosma, Weerdingermarke,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1888)
• Alida de Jong, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Johanna Noorlander, Krimpen aan de Lek († 1948)
• Alijda Klaziena van Winkoop, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• aganetha Teichroeb, Blumenhof Manitoba

• Antje Sipkes Postmus (65), Wierum, Westdongeradeel, FRI, Nederland
• Angelica Melis (63), Olen
• Apolonie Asselman (79)
• Anna Kikkert (1), Vriezenveen
• (86), Heesch
• Adriaan van den Dungen (45), Hedikhuizen
• Adrianus Quirinus de Kok (0), Wateringen
• Anthonie van Vliet (52), Lopik
• Adriaan van den Dungen (45), Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Schrauwen (63), Zevenbergen

• 1874 » Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator († 1953)
• 1881 » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter († 1966)
• 1897 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (d.1954)
• 1898 » Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic († 1964)
• 1900 » Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education († 1994)
• 1900 » Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar († 2002)
• 1900 » Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist († 1958)
• 1902 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel († 1971)
• 1904 » Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1983)
• 1904 » Lucile Randon, French Supercentenarian

• 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
• 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
• 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)

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 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

The temperature on February 11, 1888 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.