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• Adriana Johanna Klous, Bergen Op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1888)
• Adrianus Hendricus van der Voorn, Sassenheim
• Agatha Rijs, Uitgeest († 1963)
• Agatha Rijs († 1963)
• Adélard Morissette, St-Michel des Saints, Berthier, Qc., Canada († 1964)
• Tinnenbroek († 1967)
• Albert de Marcas, Zwolle († 1943)
• Aagje Spaans, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Smaling, Kesteren
• Aaltien Aukema, Leutingewolde († 1981)

• van Losser (0), Rijssen
• Abram Logan (78), La Porte, La Porte, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Aaldrik Wever (0), Muntendam, Gemeente Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Hamers, Loon op Zand
• Alexander Philip van Eijk (63), Den Haag
• Adrianus van Zundert, Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Adrianus van Egmond (30), Alkemade
• Annigje van Rees (62), Genemuiden (gem. Zwartewaterland)
• Albert Jan Velders (72), Wijhe, Overijssel (NL.)
• Anna Marie KOHLMEYER (79), Breloh

• 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
• 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
• 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
• 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)
• 1902 » Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)
• 1909 » Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer († 1990)

• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)

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.
• May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• 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 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

The temperature on March 8, 1888 was about 6.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.