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• Ada Evelyn Flanagan († 1959)
• Akke Ruurdje Koster, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1962)
• Albert William Gross, Shelby Co.Ohio
• Adrianus Hendrikus Verreijen, Halsteren († 1888)
• Janna Kats, Hoogeveen († 1889)
• Alida Moleman, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1954)
• Abraham van de Maat, Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland
• - Hermse, Rotterdam, Z-H, NL († 1888)
• Aleida Athonia Jansen, Groessen (Duiven)
• Aaltje Witvoet, Nieuw-Amsterdam († 1965)

• Aefien Wortelboer (79), Nieuwe Pekela
• Aloysius Adrianus van der Hooft (0), Hontenisse
• Aloys Joseph Joos (29), Klerken
• Adriana Jannetje Zegers (55), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Maatman (0), Eefde
• Aaltje Oudijn (63), Antwerpen
• Aafje Wortelboer (79), Oude Pekela
• Aaltje van Kampen (0), Westwoud
• Annigje Jansen (62), Zevenhoven Zuid-Holland
• Anna Maria Giesbers (1), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1881 » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic († 1966)
• 1881 » Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland († 1952)
• 1886 » Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician († 1971)
• 1887 » Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer († 1914)
• 1888 » Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano and actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist († 1974)
• 1890 » Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate († 1989)
• 1891 » David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA († 1971)
• 1892 » William Demarest, American actor († 1983)
• 1895 » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1943)

• 1844 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)

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.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.
• August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
• August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

The temperature on February 27, 1888 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.