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• Anna Geertruida Jacoba Wilhelmina Oving, Groningen
• Adriaan Lanser, Sliedrecht († 1974)
• Alida Berg, Jaarsveld († 1888)
• Adriaan Uittenbogaard, Langerak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Hendrika van den Brink, Utrecht zie Utrecht-Utrecht († 1906)
• Aldine Annie Paul, Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, United States of America († 1957)
• Adriana Maria Peeters, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Nuijten, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Angelina Vervoort, Hoevenen († 1944)
• Anna Geertruida Jacoba Wilhelmina OVING, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland

• Albert Klomp (34), Pesse (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Bastiaan Niemandsverdriet (88), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Straver (0), Montfoort
• Anna Maria van Laarhoven (9), Sint-Oedenrode
• Adelaide Barbara Griffiths (41), Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
• Anna Maria Matthijsen (77), Breda, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arisje van de Vis (0), Leusden, Utr, NL
• Aaltje Dieters (81), Assen (Ass'n), Drenthe, Nederland
• Bastiana Blommers, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Dieters (81), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)
• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)
• 1895 » Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician († 1941)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

• 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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on May 15, 1888 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.