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• de Feijter, Zaamslag
• Aaltje Drost, Zwollerkerspel, Nederland
• Andreas Joseph Steinen, Bocholtz (L († 1888)
• Abraham Clemmer Loux
• Albert de Vries, Groningen († 1966)
• Ale Marten van der Meer, Amsterdam († 1973)
• Adriaantje Jekel, Harlingen, Netherlands († 1961)
• Aaltien van der Noot, amsterdam, Nederland
• Aaltjen Poortman, Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1889)
• Adolf Constant Waterschoot, Grembergen (België) († 1890)

• Antje Termaat (77), Spijk, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Hindriks Borger (78), Sappemeer, Achterdiep
• Anna Catharina BERGHMANS (75), Mol, 2400, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Brands (56), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Anna Nuyken (82), Schermbeck
• Anna Maria Martina Schijff (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Johannes Stolker (1), Utrecht
• Andries van Dijk (8), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Angenieta Johanna Alida Wildeman (0), Rhenen
• Adriana van Engelen (72), Vlijmen

• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)
• 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)
• 1887 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic († 1947)
• 1888 » Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1969)
• 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
• 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
• 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)
• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)

• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)

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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on February 17, 1888 was about -0.3 °C. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.