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• Alida Bartels, Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria Barten, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1888)
• Adrianus Witlox, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Akke Luinstra, Burum (Kollumerland), Friesland, Nederland († 1936)
• Adriana Johanna VAN DER BEEK, Haarlemmermeer
• Alida Maria Martens, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria (Grönniger) Gröninger, Rütenbrock, Duitsland († 1973)
• Aaltje Strieper, Hardenberg († 1888)
• Anna BEZEMER Hdr, Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anna Wilhelmina Wiersma, Watergraafsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Allegonda Oomen (55), Breda, Noord Brabant
• (61), Elshout
• Aleijda Berendina Tervoert (46), Bergh, Nederland
• Aaltjen Holtland (78), Kamperveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aalt Bessel Vrijhof (62), Harderwijk
• Adriana Wilkens (36), Woldendorp, termunten
• Aaltje Jans Holtland (78)
• Anna Catharina de Moor (77), Graauw en Langendam
• Albert Voordes (53), Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Gomes (34), Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1879 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor († 1926)
• 1884 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States († 1972)
• 1885 » Thomas B. Costain, Canadian journalist and author († 1965)
• 1892 » Adriaan Pelt, Dutch journalist and diplomat († 1981)
• 1893 » Edd Roush, American baseball player and coach († 1988)
• 1893 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer († 1967)
• 1893 » Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster († 1963)
• 1895 » Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor († 1972)
• 1895 » Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop († 1979)
• 1895 » James H. Kindelberger, American businessman († 1962)

• 1842 » Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1790)
• 1853 » Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)

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.
• January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

The temperature on May 8, 1888 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.