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• Amelia OVEL, Delaware County,Iowa († 1926)
• * Rafel Oskamp, Nieuw Lekkerland († 1969)
• Alice Ezibeth Bell, Rockcastle County, Kentucky († 1956)
• Alida Maria Mandeville, Beveren (Roeselare) († 1951)
• Theophile Fontier, Brugge († 1943)
• Olijnsma, Tietjerksteradeel († 1888)
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• Adriana Catharina Cornelia Somer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Aafke Wip, Dokkum († 1888)
• Adrianus Hoenhoud (Hoonhoud), Abcoude-Proostdij (UTR) The Netherlands († 1888)

• Albert Kuiper (0), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen)
• Adrianus Henricus SUURENBROEK (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Johanna Roeffel (69), Rotterdam
• Adriana Van Tuijl (47), Lienden
• Albert Rengenoldus (76), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aletta Nap (61), ZEGVELD (Zoetermeer), Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Tijsz WILLEMSTEIJN (78), Oud-Beijerland
• Albertus Fredrikus Geelink (81), Deventer
• Albert Ringenoldus (76), Oldemarkt
• Aagje Jans GROOT (80), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
• 1882 » Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer († 1956)
• 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)
• 1885 » Ring Lardner, American journalist and author († 1933)
• 1886 » Jam Handy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1983)
• 1886 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian († 1971)
• 1892 » Bert Smith, English international footballer, right half († 1969)
• 1893 » Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist († 1987)
• 1893 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
• 1895 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian († 1976)

• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)
• 1919 » Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
• 1920 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)

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.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• 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.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on March 6, 1888 was about 3.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.