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• Albert Bots, Horsten († 1962)
• Alpheus C. Forbes, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania († 1910)
• Allegonda Ligtvoet, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloijsius Josephus Smulders, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1964)
• Anna Cornelia Woortman, Amsterdam († 1916)
• (Stillborn) ALBERDA, Wymbritseradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1888)
• Somers, Boom († 1888)
• Anna Cornelisdr Hassing, Alkemade Gem
• Alijda Maria Wijnekus, Den Haag († 1889)
• Hoff, Heeg

• Annigjen Leferts Dunninge (90), Ruinen (gem. De Wolden)
• Annegien Leffers Dunninge (90), Noord gem. Hoogeveen
• Annegien Leferts Dunninge (90), Hollandscheveld
• Albert Jan Veldhoen (2), Wilp,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Loon (0), Wouw, NL
• Adriana Cornelia van Ginneken (85), Etten-Leur
• Annichjen Leferts Dunninge (90), Noord (Hoogeveen) 100
• Albert Jan Veldhoen (2), Wilp
• Alida Wilhelmina Vree (62), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Somers (0), Boom

• 1877 » Walter Little, Canadian politician († 1961)
• 1878 » František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter († 1955)
• 1879 » Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player († 1920)
• 1881 » Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1945)
• 1881 » Mary Webb, English author and poet († 1927)
• 1881 » Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator († 1936)
• 1885 » Jimmy Seed, English international footballer, inside forward and manager († 1966)
• 1893 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner († 1971)
• 1895 » Siegfried Handloser, German general and physician († 1954)
• 1897 » Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier († 1981)

• 1857 » William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (b. 1783)
• 1860 » James Braid, Scottish-English surgeon (b. 1795)
• 1869 » Edward Bates, American politician and lawyer (b. 1793)
• 1873 » Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
• 1914 » Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
• 1918 » Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)

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 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
• August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.

The temperature on March 25, 1888 was about 5.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.