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• Albertus Kooij, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1967)
• Alberdina Wassink, Winkelshoek
• Parlevliet, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Engelmundus van der Plas, Oudshoorn († 1931)
• Adrianus Petrus Didden, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1891)
• Abraham Johannes Rijksen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1962)
• Adrianus Maria van den Barselaar, s' Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Emons, Maastricht, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus van Leur, Dieden († 1972)
• Adelaide H. HONEY, Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States († 1977)

• Adrianus Gerits (Geerts) (70), Boekel, Nederland
• Lagendijk, Hoogvliet
• Aaltje Prins (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerits (70), Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Selier (54), Leiden
• Agnes De Munck (66), Hamme (O-Vl)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Spierenburg (63), Rotterdam
• Aagje Selier (54)
• Alida van der Vliet (1), Den Helder
• Aaltje Gerritsen (0), Renkum(Oosterbeek)

• 1878 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1943)
• 1887 » Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet († 1914)
• 1889 » Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic († 1977)
• 1889 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1892 » Juan Negrín, Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain († 1956)
• 1893 » Gaston Julia, Algerian-French mathematician and academic († 1978)
• 1894 » Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator († 1978)
• 1898 » Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre († 1976)
• 1899 » Café Filho, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th President of Brazil († 1970)
• 1900 » Mabel Mercer, English-American singer († 1984)

• 1832 » George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (b. 1754)
• 1862 » Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1774)
• 1866 » François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)

• 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.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• 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).
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on February 3, 1888 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.