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• Beekman, Amsterdam
• Adriana Meijer, Rotterdam (ZH NL)
• Albertus van Zetten, Buren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1976)
• Albert Petersen († 1959)
• Adriaan Marinus de Jong, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1921)
• Abraham Pieter Johan Cense, Rhoon, Albrandswaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1965)
• Adriana Bloem, Edam Volendam
• Aletta Maria van Nimwegen, Zeist, Nederland
• Aaltje Jonkman
• Albert Voss († 1949)

• Akke Jans Mellema (90), Menaldumadeel
• Apolonia Maria de Groot (0), Scheveningen, ZUI, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Havermans (62), Gilze en Rijen
• Alida Clara Henriëtte van Meurs (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Moorsel (0), Sassenheim, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Verhoeff (64), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Harmsen (72), Rotterdam
• Aart Brons (65), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Berg (0), Siddeburen (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Aaltje Hendriks Elema (81), Zeerijp

• 1881 » Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci († 1953)
• 1882 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician († 1940)
• 1884 » Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor († 1950)
• 1884 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator († 1969)
• 1886 » Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician († 1971)
• 1888 » Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist († 1948)
• 1893 » James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany († 1978)
• 1893 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice († 1964)
• 1894 » Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress († 1985)
• 1895 » Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper († 1967)

• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1920 » William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)

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 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• 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.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.

The temperature on March 26, 1888 was about 3.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 31 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.