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• Adrianus Cornelis Zuidgeest, Rotterdam
• Alberdina Hogenkamp, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1968)
• Abraham Jansen, (GL) Deventer
• Aaltje van Maaren, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Aaltje Koopman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Alexander Joseph HARTOG, Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1943)
• Aafke Van der Molen, Doezum, Grootegast,, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• Abaninus Rutget Retra, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1888)
• Adão Mannerich, Teresópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Abelina Dijkstra, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)

• Aan Pieters van der Wey (78), Drogeham
• Aan Pieters van der Wei (78), Droegeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• adrianus cornelis Konings
• (65), Boxtel, Nederland
• Aan Pieters van der Wey (78)
• Aaltje Freriks (78), Rheden, Nederland
• Aartje Mijnhardina Johanna du Mée (39), 's-Gravenhage
• Aan Pieters van der Weij (78), Drogeham (Achtkarspelen), Friesland, Nederland
• Aartjes Mynhardina Johanna du Mee (39), Den Haag, Nederland
• Aafke Vos (38), Groningen

• 1880 » Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist († 1943)
• 1884 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish soldier, author, and educator († 1920)
• 1884 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer († 1974)
• 1885 » Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver and journalist († 1948)
• 1887 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician († 1964)
• 1887 » Raoul Walsh, American actor and director († 1980)
• 1890 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic († 1974)
• 1893 » Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator († 1946)
• 1895 » Shemp Howard, American actor († 1955)
• 1896 » Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician († 1981)

• 1863 » Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)
• 1869 » Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
• 1870 » Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
• 1874 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1898 » Tigran Chukhajian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1898 » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)

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 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

The temperature on March 11, 1888 was about 7.4 °C. There was 15 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.