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• Albertus Joseph van Ommen, Erica(Emmen)
• Albert Koops, Exloërmond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1893)
• Albert BURE, Crisnée,4367,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1970)
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• Aaltje de Boer († 1926)
• Albert Edward Graham
• Adriana Jacoba Eduarda Maria Beukers, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Praster, Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1888)
• Adrianus van Giessen, Poederoijen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1890)
• Aaltje de Haan, Suameer, Tietjerksteradeel (Frl) († 1967)

• Aart Eduardsz Van Markenstein (78), Oude-Tonge, Oostflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham Noë Noij (83), Assendelft
• Anna Maria Philippens (18), Houthem
• Abraham IJsak (Abram) Noé, Noë, Noij (83)
• Ann Catherine Carty (13), Little Bay, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
• Antonius Johannes Kouwenberg (27), Breda
• Adriaan van Beek (0), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Minderhoud (0), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Adrianus Smout (1), Steenbergen
• Adriaan Minderhoud (0), Westkapelle, Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)
• 1884 » Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic († 1939)
• 1886 » Izidor Cankar, Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat († 1958)
• 1889 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1891 » Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer († 1989)
• 1891 » Laura Gilpin, American photographer († 1979)
• 1891 » Nicola Sacco, Italian-American anarchist († 1927)
• 1891 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer († 1965)
• 1892 » Vernon Johns, African-American minister and activist († 1965)
• 1899 » Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic († 1977)

• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
• 1925 » André Caplet, French composer and conductor (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.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on April 22, 1888 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.