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• * Cornelia Kuipers, Dongen († 1959)
• Adrianus den Hartog, 's-Gravendeel, 3295, Nederland († 1976)
• Amelia Wiksje van Kampen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Anna Maria Leenders, Amby, Maastricht († 1965)
• Aaltje Stevens († 1961)
• Aaltje Roest, Laren,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alma Glen Lutz, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States († 1968)
• Andrina van Ravenhorst, Veenendaal
• Aletta Van Leent, Potchefstroom
• Aagje Bruin, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1888)

• Aaltje Wolf (0), Oldebroek
• AALBERTHA VAN DE SCHEUR (1), Ede
• Aaltje Wolf (0), Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander Boyd (89), Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
• Alida Maria Catharina Uriot (0), Amsterdam
• Abraham Pieter de Vos (1), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida van Son (0), Beverwijk
• Albertus Sandberg (78), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Kemeling (0), 's-Gravenzande
• Albert VREDEVELD (24), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1881 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey († 1938)
• 1884 » David Munson, American runner († 1953)
• 1886 » Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General († 1968)
• 1887 » Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor († 1983)
• 1889 » Henry B. Richardson, American archer († 1963)
• 1889 » Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author († 1939)
• 1890 » Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator († 1962)
• 1890 » Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam († 1969)
• 1891 » Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot († 1916)
• 1893 » H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist († 1950)

• 1872 » John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1813)
• 1876 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
• 1895 » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
• 1898 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
• 1904 » Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)
• 1904 » Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (b. 1837)

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 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

The temperature on May 19, 1888 was about 28.1 °C. The air pressure was 31 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 32%.