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• Alice Van Loenen († 1908)
• Adrianus der Kinderen, Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltje Kooij, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Anna Aries, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bruinaars, Rotterdam († 1899)
• Albertus Johannes Schrijver, Heino († 1971)
• *Leuntje van Wijck, Hoek, Zeeland, Nederland († 1963)
• Achille Cyrille Turfs, Tielt, België
• * Gerrit Tjitzes Plantinga, Breda († 1959)
• Alexander Gaasbeek, veenendaal

• Albrecht de Jonge (3), Zaamslag,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Franciscus van GINNEKEN (0), Roosendaal-Nispen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anthonie Rekoert (75), Mijdrecht
• Jaasma (0), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Nederlof (0), Sliedrecht
• Anna Hubertina Wiertz (27), Vaals (Vijlen)
• Anthonie Recourt Rekoert (75), Mijdrecht
• Aafje Dekker (58), Heerhugowaard (Heerhugowaard) (Noord Holland)
• Ale Wijma (45), Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Wiertz (27), Vaals

• 1880 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1958)
• 1882 » Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet († 1961)
• 1887 » Warren Wood, American golfer († 1926)
• 1888 » Florence La Badie, Canadian actress († 1917)
• 1891 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1953)
• 1893 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1939)
• 1893 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general († 1946)
• 1894 » George Petty, American painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1894 » Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1995)
• 1896 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1963)

• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)

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.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• 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 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

The temperature on April 27, 1888 was about 7.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.