About the day » Thursday June 28, 1888Calender converter

• Alida van den Berg, Noordwijkerhout († 1960)
• Aaltje Koops, Exloermond, Odoorn
• Aafje Noordelooos, Lutjebroek († 1967)
• Aagje Luijting, Krommenie († 1955)
• Alida van den Berg, Noordwijkerhout († 1960)
• Aaltje Vroegop, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1888)
• Anna Brouwer, Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Whitworth, Tennessee († 1888)
• Andries Strik, Meppel († 1892)
• Aafje Bos, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)

• Antonia Her (75), Oosterhout
• Whitworth (0)
• Antje Klazes Scheepvaart (85), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Paulus Aloisius Hoynck van Papendrecht (0), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriana Jansdr. Pijnenburg Peijnenburg (62), Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelmus Hofhuis (57), Raalte-Nederland
• Charles Louis Rens (79), Baasrode
• Ary BIJSTERVELD (41), Delft
• Abraham Sprong (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bullema (32), Noordhorn, gem. Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland

• 1880 » John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player († 1971)
• 1883 » Pierre Laval, French soldier and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France († 1945)
• 1884 » Lamina Sankoh, Sierra Leonean banker and politician († 1964)
• 1888 » George Challenor, Barbadian cricketer († 1947)
• 1888 » Stefi Geyer, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1956)
• 1891 » Carl Spaatz, American general († 1974)
• 1891 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1892 » Carl Panzram, American serial killer († 1930)
• 1893 » August Zamoyski, Polish-French sculptor († 1970)
• 1894 » Francis Hunter, American tennis player († 1981)

• 1880 » Texas Jack Omohundro, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
• 1881 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (b. 1818)
• 1892 » Alexandros Rizos Rangavis, Greek poet and politician, Greek Foreign Minister (b. 1810)
• 1913 » Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1914 » Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1914 » Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg (b. 1868)
• 1915 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1917 » Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and educator (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1885)

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.
• March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• 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.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on June 28, 1888 was about 16.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.