About the day » Wednesday May 2, 1888Calender converter

• de Vreede, Haarlemmermeer
• Boeykens, Bornem († 1888)
• Alphons Leonardus Caessens, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1888)
• Anna Vos, Odoorn († 1967)
• Aaltje van Vliet, Rotterdam
• Anna Gezina lammers, Haaksbergen
• Achiel Hendrik Noeninckx, Antwerpen, België
• Albert Foekens, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1962)
• Andries Dingeman van den IJssel, Rotterdam
• Adrianus SMITS, Piershil († 1961)

• Aleida Salemink (28), Angeren
• Albertus Steffens (1), Almelo Stad, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Willems Maarse (92), Wijk 2, no. 20, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• * Lamberdina de Vries (74), Udenhout
• Antoinetta van Helden (15), moerkapelle (zuid holland)
• Aleida Salemink (28), Angeren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antonetta van der Burgt (6), Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Pouwels Steenbergen (61), Oosteinde, Ruinerwold
• Bart van Oudenaarden (66), maasland (zuid holland)
• Albertus Steffens (1), Almelo

• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)
• 1885 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist († 1966)
• 1886 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1887 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1887 » Vernon Castle, English-American dancer († 1918)
• 1889 » Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician († 1959)
• 1890 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author († 1965)
• 1892 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1894 » Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist, philosopher, and academic († 1981)
• 1894 » Norma Talmadge, leading US actress of the silent era († 1957)

• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

The temperature on May 2, 1888 was about 10.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.