About the day » Tuesday May 22, 1888Calender converter

• Alida Van Roon, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Adriana Christina Stofregen, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1967)
• Akke Murks Faber, Lutkewierum, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1922)
• Anna Catherina Van den Brande, Wieze
• Andriesje de Kroon, Doniawerstal
• Akke Murks FABER, Hennaarderadeel Friesland Netherlands
• * Johannes Leonardus Sebel, Zoetermeer († 1973)
• Adriana Petronella Strik, Monster († 1888)
• Adriana Valkenborg, Halsteren
• Aaltje Bosscha, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1936)

• Amelia Maria Roels (0), Sint Jansteen, Nederland
• Adèle de Raaij (Raay) (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Höfte (94), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert ENSING (52), Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Pieter Takkebos (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Jimmink (3), Zutphen
• Anna Maria van Horik (37), Deurne,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adrianus van Manen (13), Ochten, Nederland
• Bernard DUBAILLE (30), Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Adelberta de Lang (84), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1879 » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer († 1932)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader († 1926)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)
• 1880 » Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator († 1959)
• 1885 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1885 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral († 1957)
• 1887 » A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter († 1938)
• 1891 » Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet († 1958)
• 1894 » Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher († 1970)
• 1897 » Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author († 1975)

• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)

• 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.
• January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• 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.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

The temperature on May 22, 1888 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.