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• Adriana Johanna Vermeulen, Montfoort († 1888)
• Alexander White, Divide, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada († 1962)
• Alida Johanna Beijersbergen, Wassenaar
• Aleidus ter Horst, Almelo, Stad
• Adrieanus Cornelis Johannes Eekhout, Delft († 1960)
• Albert Timmer, Beemster
• († 1966)
• Adriana Luijken, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Abraham Keswiel, Mijdrecht, Nederland († 1888)
• Abraham H Siemens, Kleefeld, Russia († 1956)

• "Pulchérie" Félicité Cyrette Ghislaine de Vischer de Celles (77), Paris
• Alberta Verschuur (50), Amsterdam, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana van de Loo (25), Tilburg NB Netherlands
• VREDEVELD (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaantje de Bruin (73), Schoonrewoerd
• Adriana van Vliet (43), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van der Meer (0), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hooijmans (53), Zoeterwoude
• Adriana Hulst (0), Besoijen
• Aaltje Johannes Kok (69), Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1881 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer († 1945)
• 1885 » Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright († 1957)
• 1887 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War († 1945)
• 1888 » Clemence Dane, English author and playwright († 1965)
• 1892 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1949)
• 1893 » Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist († 1987)
• 1893 » Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress († 1979)
• 1894 » Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic († 1955)
• 1895 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1896 » Nirala, Indian poet and author († 1961)

• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)

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.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• 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 21, 1888 was about -3.8 °C. The air pressure was 46 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.