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• Anna Maria Bakx, Oosterhout († 1943)
• Theresia Anna Johanna Maria Heere, Raamsdonkveer († 1949)
• Anna Maria Giesen, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adam Jaasma, Leeuwarden († 1888)
• Adriana Laurina Hortense Kerkwijk, van, Yerseke
• Abraham Petrie Gerardus van Lom, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Pluim, Heerde (Veessen), Gelderland, Nederland († 1888)
• Alva Mae Cuyle, fortasse, Marshall, Lyon Co., MN († 1960)
• Aart Lodder, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Aimé Audet dit Lapointe, Quebec

• Antje Uitentuis (63), Hoorn
• Amedeé Raman (0), Serskamp
• Adriaan de Jong (78), Alphen en Riel
• aloysius hendricus van eijk (0), amsterdam
• Aaltje Westerhof (0), Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Jong (78), Alphen en Riel, Nederland
• aartje van de GRIEND (0), puttershoek
• Aaldert Lunenborg (58), Tiendeveen (Beilen)
• Aleida Tijhof (2), Ambt Almelo, in de Slichte
• Aaldert Aalderts Lunenborg (58), Tiendeveen (Beilen)

• 1882 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer († 1937)
• 1884 » Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1970)
• 1884 » Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer and author († 1974)
• 1885 » Andrzej Gawroński, Polish linguist and academic († 1927)
• 1887 » Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator († 1948)
• 1889 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1891 » Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano († 1951)
• 1891 » John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland († 1976)
• 1893 » Wilhelm Zaisser, German soldier and politician († 1958)
• 1894 » Lloyd Hall, American chemist and academic († 1971)

• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)

• 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.
• April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on June 20, 1888 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.