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• Alida Hulspas, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1962)
• Aaltje Donia, Oudwoude, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1916)
• Aaltje Donia, Oudwoude († 1916)
• Aart Derkzen, Arnhem
• Aart Derkzen, Arnhem († 1950)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Zwirs, Aalsmeer († 1888)
• Zwirs, Aalsmeer († 1888)
• ? van Maurik, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberta Wilhelmina Snelder, Toldijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alfredo Jorge da Rosa, Vargem Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Brasil

• Angelus Laurentius Wullebrouck (73), Brugge
• Aaltje van Dijk (64), Ede, Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Zwirs (0), Aalsmeer
• Alfred SEYMOUR (63)
• Andries Gerhardus Cornelis Aalderink (0), Doetinchem
• Alberto Giuseppe Antonio Guerra (0), Craveggia, 28852, Italia
• Andrew Zech (31), Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Alberta Clasina Oskam (29), 's Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht
• Aart Takke (65), Arnhem
• Andries Berends Froklage (71), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1874 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1951)
• 1878 » Reza Shah, Iranian king († 1944)
• 1879 » Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist († 1963)
• 1886 » Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian-Greek painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1887 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health († 1961)
• 1887 » Marjorie Merriweather Post, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded General Foods († 1973)
• 1890 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and mountaineer († 1980)
• 1892 » James Basevi Ord, Mexican-American colonel († 1938)
• 1897 » Jackson Scholz, American runner († 1986)
• 1900 » Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer († 1987)

• 1842 » Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1849 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

The temperature on March 15, 1888 was about 0.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.