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March 6, 1888Born on Wednesday March 7, 1888
- Aaltje van der Meulen, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1959)
- Alidus Warmold Lambert Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborg-Stachouwer, Groningen († 1978)
- Adriana Wandel, Ouwerkerk († 1953)
- Aaltje van der Meulen, Doornspijk († 1959)
- Aldert Uringa, Tynaarlo ( Vries ) († 1972)
- Aagje Hoek, Burum († 1956)
- Adrianus Petrus van der Zon, Ter Aar († 1889)
- Ale Oost, Leeuwarden
- Adolf Majanen, Kuorevesi
- Albertus Schreuder, Grafhorst (gem. Kampen)
Died on Wednesday March 7, 1888
- Adrianus Johannes Clowting (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aaltje Lagerweij (73), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
- Barent Dubbeld (0), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aaltje Lagerweij (73), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
- Angelina Schuermans (3), Baarle-Nassau
- Berend ten Caat (6), Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen)
- Alberdina Geurts (73), dodewaard
- Antoon Hendriks (40), Helmond
- Anna Maria Förster (67), Günterode, Thüringen
- Anna Theodora Ouwens (0), Megen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 7, 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
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- 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
Born on March 7
- 1878 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer († 1927)
- 1885 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral († 1971)
- 1885 » Milton Avery, American painter († 1965)
- 1886 » G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist († 1975)
- 1886 » Virginia Pearson, American actress († 1958)
- 1886 » Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist († 1970)
- 1888 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1978)
- 1888 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author († 1977)
- 1894 » Ana María O'Neill, Puerto Rican scholar and activist († 1981)
- 1895 » Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist († 1988)
Died on March 7
- 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)
- 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
- 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
- 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
- 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
- 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
- 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
- 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
- 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)
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.
- April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
- 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.
- September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
- December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Weather March 7, 1888
The temperature on March 7, 1888 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.