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• Adriana Theodora de Meijer, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Weerman, Noordbarge, Drenthe, Nederland († 1964)
• Adriana Johanna van Loon, Oosterhout († 1964)
• Aagje van Santen, Strijen († 1924)
• Aleida Grada (Leida) Langkamp, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1968)
• Adriana op den Brouw, Capelle aan den IJssel († 1939)
• Abraham de Munnik, Hellevoetsluis († 1963)
• Aafke Nieuwsma, menaldumadeel († 1943)
• Alexander Jacobus Steppe, Axel, Nederland
• Akke Hettinga, Doniaga, gem. Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1978)

• Adrianus Voogt (0), Rozenburg
• Antje Hamburg (0), Monnickendam gem. Waterland Nhl. Nederland
• Antje Hamburg (0), Monnickendam
• Bastiaantje Brandt (73), Ter Aar, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Hollaers
• Andries van Schoonderwoerd de Bezemer (53), Leiden
• Anna Gertrud Padberg (67), Westfeld (Duitsland)
• Bijgje Spaan (8), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Albertien Sanders (20), Buinerveen Borger Drenthe Nederland
• Anna Barbara Becht (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1881 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress († 1931)
• 1882 » Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1968)
• 1884 » Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author († 1980)
• 1884 » Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general († 1953)
• 1884 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter († 1957)
• 1884 » Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor († 1950)
• 1885 » Julius Streicher, German publisher, founded Der Stürmer († 1946)
• 1889 » Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge († 1999)
• 1893 » Omar Bradley, American general († 1981)
• 1895 » Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1984)

• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)

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.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on February 12, 1888 was about 4.8 °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 71%.