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• De Maeyer, Bornem († 1888)
• Andreas Cornet, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Abraham de Wagemaker, Delft, Nederland († 1972)
• Adriana Dooge, Oosterland gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1925)
• Adrianus Bakker, Wervershoof
• Aaltje de Jong, Folsgare (Wijmbritseradeel)
• Agnes May Scudder, Montgomery County, TN († 1971)
• Alfred Maurice Bracquiné, Ledeberg, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriana Maria Wakkee, Bergen op Zoom († 1909)
• Albert Jan Seinen, Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1965)

• Aaltje Bredenoord (28), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Fouyn, Zétrud-Lumay
• Adriaan Boer (58), Zwijndrecht
• Aaltje Schaafsma (64), Wieuwerd, Friesland, Nederland
• Barend Snooij (47), Vlieland
• Barend Snooy (47), Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Wilhelmus de Jong (55)
• Aloisius Dominicus van der Gulik (1), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Boer (58), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert den Boer (47), Dordrecht, Nederland

• 1884 » Joseph Boxhall, English sailor († 1967)
• 1885 » Platt Adams, American jumper and politician († 1961)
• 1885 » Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) († 1962)
• 1886 » Frank Irons, American long jumper († 1942)
• 1887 » Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet († 1945)
• 1887 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1927)
• 1887 » Rudolf Kinau, German author († 1975)
• 1887 » Sidney Hillman, Lithuanian-born American labor leader († 1946)
• 1891 » Po Kya, Burmese author and educationist († 1942)
• 1893 » Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer († 1960)

• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)

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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on March 23, 1888 was about 1.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.