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• Aebeltje de Groot, Bornwird, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriana Gijzen, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje NIJSTAD, Armweide, gemeente Ruinen († 1975)
• Aleida Wilhelmina Antoinet Scholten, Amsterdam († 1958)
• Albertus Cornelis van Deene, 's-Gravenhage
• Alvin Phillips, Hot Spring, Arkansas († 1895)
• ? De Wit, De Wilp, Marum, Groningen, NL († 1972)
• Agnes O'Donnell, Cannelton, Pennsylvania († 1959)
• Aart de Koning, Numansdorp, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adrianus Johannes Versteijnen, Berkel-Enschot

• Albert JONKER (28), Eemster (Dwingeloo), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aafke Binnes de Ruiter (77), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Alberts Postma (83), Weststellingwerf
• Albertus Velthuis (57), Azelo (Delden, Ambt)
• Adriana van Essel (88), Rotterdam
• Aafke Binnes de RUIJTER (77), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Amos Handy Sr. (69), Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Margaretha Büter (53), Erika, Haren, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Anna Baas (4), Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Kool (69), Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1887 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician († 1976)
• 1890 » Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant († 1915)
• 1890 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1986)
• 1891 » José P. Laurel, Filipino lawyer, politician and President of the Philippines († 1959)
• 1892 » Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician († 1971)
• 1892 » Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener († 1962)
• 1902 » Will Geer, American actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American soldier and engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies († 2002)
• 1910 » Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer († 1981)
• 1911 » Clara Rockmore, American classical violin prodigy and theremin player, († 1998)

• 1847 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)
• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 » Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)

• 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.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on March 9, 1888 was about 8.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 74 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.