About the day » Saturday April 7, 1888Calender converter

• Alice Bertha Mallet, Queensland, Australia († 1954)
• Adriaantje Bezemer, Charlois, ZH, Nederland († 1949)
• Alidor Alois Monteyne, Oostnieuwkerke († 1958)
• Abraham Kluijfhout, Koudekerke († 1946)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Cornelius Hooyen, Tilburg,Noord Brabant,Netherlands († 1959)
• Aart Buurman, Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnes Sharpin, Ontario, Canada († 1932)
• "Marie-Thérèse" Stéphanie Gondallier de Tugny, Oeuilly, Aisne, France († 1973)
• Alfons Vandepoele, Woumen
• Adrianus van LOON, Woensdrecht,Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1975)

• Amelia Laar (72), Doorn
• Angela Margaretha Covers (80), Sneek, Nederland
• Antonia Bolderdijk (68), Rotterdam
• Antonia van Gils (71), Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje (Antonetta) Molles (79), Edam
• Steiger (0), Ternaard, Westdongeradeel, FRI, Nederland
• Anna Hendrica Nahuis (73), Ruurlo (Berkelland)
• Andrew Alexander Ballentyne Matewsky (67), Monroe County, West Virginia
• Ambrose Andrew Baldwin (84), Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
• Achilles Clementius Steurbaut (0), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1882 » Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer († 1971)
• 1882 » Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany († 1934)
• 1883 » Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author († 1966)
• 1884 » Clement Smoot, American golfer († 1963)
• 1886 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier († 1971)
• 1889 » Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1890 » Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist († 1998)
• 1890 » Paul Berth, Danish footballer († 1969)
• 1891 » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group († 1958)
• 1893 » Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence († 1969)

• 1858 » Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
• 1917 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1918 » David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
• 1918 » George E. Ohr, American potter (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 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
• 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.

The temperature on April 7, 1888 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.