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• Adrianus Grimbergen, Lisse († 1964)
• Aletta Oskam, Vleuten
• Alida Lesterhuis, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Wijnen, Wilnis († 1888)
• Alphonsus Adrianus Pijnenburg, Tilburg († 1955)
• Adriana de Smit, Wissenkerke († 1944)
• "Eckart" Hermann Dietrich Friedrich Carl Deodat Hartwig, Darmstadt, Allemagne († 1976)
• Schuiring, Hoogezand, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1888)
• Adrianus Kolsteeg, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus Hubertus van Erven, Goirle († 1962)

• Agatha Jans Ypma (28), Utingeradeel
• Adriana van Eldik (0), Avereest
• Anna Theresia Deschacht (74)
• Gebben (0), Geest, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Worp, Oudendijk
• Aleida Woessink (74), Vorden (buurtschap Delden)
• Anna Catharina Schiks (10), Mill en St. Hubert
• Angelina Jacobs (80), Messelbroek
• Anna Josephina van Isselt (0), Soest
• Agatha Ypma (28), Akmarijp, Friesland, Nederland

• 1869 » Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager († 1937)
• 1875 » Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan († 1973)
• 1878 » Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader († 1912)
• 1881 » Walter Egan, American golfer († 1971)
• 1891 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot († 1945)
• 1891 » Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge († 1969)
• 1899 » Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer († 1980)
• 1899 » Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director († 1981)
• 1904 » Frank Runacres, English painter and educator († 1974)
• 1904 » Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor († 1984)

• 1853 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)

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 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• 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.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

The temperature on June 2, 1888 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.