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• Alagonda Hendriks Oosterhuis, Ten Boer († 1962)
• Alagonda Oosterhuis, Ten Boer (gem. Groningen) († 1962)
• Alagonda Oosterhuis, Ten Boer,, Groningen, Nederland († 1962)
• Alagonda (Hendriks) OOSTERHUIS, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriaantje Deelen, LEKKERKERK (Krimpenerwaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Adriaan Gabrielse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1948)
• Treffers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Spruit, Gouda
• Alijda Meijnders, Nijmegen
• Adrianus Petrus Franciscus van Roosmalen, Sint Oedenrode

• Alida van IJzendoorn (1), Maurik
• Albert Wubs (75), Onstwedde
• Adriana Helena de Kok
• Anna Catharina DEBEEFE (25), Gorinchem
• Anna GOUD (50), Dubbeldam
• Anna Maria van de Meerakker (78), Sint Oedenrode
• Amédée Joseph LHERMITTE (79), Morbecque,59190,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Balthasar Horstmans (53), Hoensbroek
• Anje Pieters Boer (45), Ulrum
• Albert Praster (0), Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1877 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator († 1960)
• 1881 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer († 1956)
• 1882 » Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian compositor and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria († 1949)
• 1884 » Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1970)
• 1886 » Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist († 1978)
• 1886 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer († 1924)
• 1887 » Tancrède Labbé, Canadian businessman and politician († 1956)
• 1896 » Blanche Sweet, American actress († 1986)
• 1897 » Martti Marttelin, Finnish runner († 1940)
• 1900 » Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser († 1989)

• 1860 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (b. 1783)
• 1866 » Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
• 1902 » Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
• 1916 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1928 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

The temperature on June 18, 1888 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.