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• Alida Klaas Bon, Laren († 1888)
• Alfred Marie Regout, Meerssen (Limmel) († 1952)
• Agatha GOUDSMITS, Hooge-en Lage Mierde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Maria Ultee, Woerden
• Adriana Cornelia de Ruijter, Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana van Vliet, Charlois († 1908)
• Alberta Gerarda Kosterman, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1888)
• Adriaan Augusteyn, Rilland († 1962)
• Abraham Theodorus Lippits, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriana van Vliet, Charlois († 1908)

• ADRIANA MOLENAAR (53), VLAARDINGER-AMBACHT
• Adriana Uittenbroek (0), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Schellekens (24), Breda
• Adriana Maria Wapens (39)
• Aartje Jacobse (6), Ede
• Adriana Maria Ligtenberg (3), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina van Kessel (0), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan den Engelsman (0), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Isaac Hoogendam (88), Delft, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van de Water (70), Zevenhuizen (Apeldoorn) (GL)

• 1885 » György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic († 1971)
• 1885 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia († 1942)
• 1885 » Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch politician († 1961)
• 1885 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player († 1964)
• 1887 » Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer († 1995)
• 1889 » Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author († 1958)
• 1890 » Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer († 1960)
• 1890 » Frank Murphy, American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General († 1949)
• 1891 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1921)
• 1891 » Nella Larsen, Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author († 1964)

• 1868 » Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
• 1880 » Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
• 1886 » John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
• 1909 » Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)
• 1910 » William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)
• 1911 » George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)
• 1911 » John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

The temperature on April 13, 1888 was about 11.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.