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• Aaltje Akker, Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1966)
• Aaltje Akker, Leek († 1966)
• Blokzijl, Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands († 1888)
• Aafje Wester, Koedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Adele Keulertz
• Aaltje Hendriks van der Velde, Hijkersmilde
• Aaltje Lambers, Apeldoorn († 1965)
• Albert HALLEBARDIER, Schoppach, Heinsch, 6700, Luxembourg, Belgique († 1949)
• Adriana Gerdina Both, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Adriana Hermina Witte, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL

• Adriana Johanna van der Zon (1), Ter Aar
• Akke Klazes Zandstra (32), Oosterend
• Antohnij van Munster (58), Breukelen Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aartje VAN LUIJK (0), Charlois, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Arendje Smit (1), Zwartewaal
• Annegien Karp (65), Scheemda {GR}
• Alijda Hendrina COLENBRANDER (64), Wisch, Nederland, Gelderland, Westendorp
• Blokzijl (0), Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antje Idzes Bloem (76), Sappemeer, Kleinemeer
• Aaltje VLIEGENTHART (85), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1880 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, and producer († 1971)
• 1880 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter and academic († 1966)
• 1882 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician († 1963)
• 1884 » George David Birkhoff, American mathematician († 1944)
• 1885 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director († 1952)
• 1886 » Walter Dray, American pole vaulter († 1973)
• 1887 » Clarice Beckett, Australian painter († 1935)
• 1887 » Lajos Kassák, Hungarian poet, novelist and painter († 1967)
• 1887 » M. N. Roy, Indian philosopher and politician († 1954)
• 1889 » Jock Sutherland, American football player and coach († 1948)

• 1843 » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1843 » Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)
• 1854 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
• 1869 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)

• 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 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.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

The temperature on March 21, 1888 was about -0.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.