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• Adriana Jacoba Pattenier, Rotterdam († 1959)
• Amalia Sophia Krijgsman, Semarang
• Aiko de Groot, Woldendorp (gem. Termunten) († 1967)
• Andreas van der Wee, Dongen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1976)
• Abraham van der Heeft, Delft († 1938)
• Abraham Heeft, van der, Delft Zhl. NL († 1938)
• Albert Torij, Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Aafke Harmens van der Lei, Kommerzijl († 1931)
• Adriana van Dijk, Rotterdam († 1940)
• Adriana Maria van den Hoven, Loon op Zand († 1888)

• Adriaan Linde, van der (47), Nieuwerkerk gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Alberdina Timmer (62), Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Zuidgeest (1), Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Tiendeveen)
• Adriana Hendrika \ Hendina van Wijk (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agatha Waasdorp (42), Hillegom
• Agada Verloop (79), Katwijk
• Adriana in 't Hout (0), Boskoop
• Abigail Lindley (50), Miami County, Indiana
• Agatha VERLOOP (79), Katwijk aan Zee
• Albartus Jans Bloem (82), Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland

• 1876 » Pope Pius XII († 1958)
• 1878 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American sailor and race car driver († 1944)
• 1886 » Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher († 1942)
• 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)
• 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
• 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
• 1902 » Edward Condon, American physicist and academic († 1974)
• 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)
• 1904 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator († 1991)
• 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)

• 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)

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 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

The temperature on March 2, 1888 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.