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March 27, 1888Born on Wednesday March 28, 1888
- Alida Admiraal-, Heiloo, Nederland († 1892)
- Adriana Anthonia Leenhouts, Ritthem, Zeeland, NL
- Albertus Jacobus Geertrudes Paulus Septer, Abcoude-Baambrugge (Utrecht) († 1953)
- Aaltje Alberts, Assen,Drenthe,Netherlands
- Adrianus van der Sluis, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Lambregts, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
- Alida Admiraal, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1892)
- Albert August Meyer, Section 15
- Aart Sterkenburg, Langbroek, Gemeente Wijk bij Duurstede
- Agnes Clara Frissen, Oud-Valkenburg, Limburg, Nederland († 1944)
Died on Wednesday March 28, 1888
- Anna Catharina Van den Broeck (38), Oostmalle,, Antwerpen, België
- Aaltje Boeve (28), Zalk en Veecaten, Overijssel, Nederland
- Antje Duijn (1), Limmen
- Adriana van Lier (79), Rotterdam
- Anna (Antje) Boer (71), Kralingen
- Anna Boer (71), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antje Duijn- (1), Limmen, Nederland
- Adriaan van Beurden (59), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Antje Bonnes de Vos (67), Het Meer
- Antje Duijn (1), Limmen, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 28, 1888 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De standaard
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Leeuwarder courant
- De Graafschap-bode : nieuws- en advertentieblad voor stad- en ambt-Doetinchem, Hummelo en Keppel, Wehl, Zeddam, 's Heerenberg, Ulft, Gendringen, Sillevolde, Terborg, Varsseveld, Dinxperlo, Aalten, Breedevoorde, Lichtenvoorde, Groenlo, Neede, Eibergen, Bor
- De Graafschap-bode : nieuws- en advertentieblad voor stad- en ambt-Doetinchem, Hummelo en Keppel, Wehl, Zeddam, 's Heerenberg, Ulft, Gendringen, Sillevolde, Terborg, Varsseveld, Dinxperlo, Aalten, Breedevoorde, Lichtenvoorde, Groenlo, Neede, Eibergen, Bor
Born on March 28
- 1881 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper († 1918)
- 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)
- 1886 » Gustave Mesny, French general († 1945)
- 1890 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1967)
- 1892 » Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
- 1892 » Tom Maguire, Irish general († 1993)
- 1893 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman († 1971)
- 1894 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain († 1941)
- 1895 » Ángela Ruiz Robles, Spanish teacher, writer and inventor, pioneer of the electronic book († 1975)
- 1895 » Christian Herter, American politician, 53rd United States Secretary of State († 1966)
Died on March 28
- 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
- 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
- 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
- 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
- 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
- 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
- 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
- 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
- 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
- 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)
Names that were popular for boys in 1888
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Hendrikus
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1888
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Aaltje
- Neeltje
- Jacoba
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Trijntje
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1888
- 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.
- April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
- June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
- August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
- August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
- August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
Weather March 28, 1888
The temperature on March 28, 1888 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 41 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.