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• Adriana KOST, Nieuwer Amstel
• Albertus Vosselman, Terwolde
• Adolphe BILLION, Cerfontaine, Namur, Wallonie, Belgique († 1953)
• Adriana Cornelia van den Heuvel, Rotterdam († 1947)
• Adriana Sara Boogerd, Ouwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Eugene ETIENNE, Perry County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• adolf borrebach, rotterdam († 1973)
• Akke HIDDINGA, Bolsward Friesland Netherlands († 1965)
• Adrianus Graaf, de, Bodegraven
• Pelser, Hatert, Gld.NL († 1944)

• Anna Cornelia Brederode van (70), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Maes (82), Tilburg
• van Zwetselaar (0), Leersum
• Akke Steensma (3), leeuwarden
• Anna Cornelia van Brederode (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Brederode (70), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Jacobse PLUGGE (81), Schiermonnikoog (Fld)
• Adrianus Jacobus Maes (82), Tilburg, N. Brabant, Netherlands
• ANNA DEN HEIJER (82), SCHEVENINGEN (GEMEENTE 'S-GRAVENHAGE)
• Anna Catharina Maria Quaeijhaegens (77), Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1877 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist († 1947)
• 1878 » Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor († 1936)
• 1885 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal († 1953)
• 1885 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1887 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1889 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist († 1976)
• 1893 » Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1893 » Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher († 1934)
• 1895 » Anita Stewart, American actress († 1961)
• 1901 » Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance († 1989)

• 1862 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1787)
• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)
• 1873 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)

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 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• 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.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

The temperature on February 7, 1888 was about 2.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.