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• Anna Clasina van Oosterhout, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)
• Albert DIEKERS († 1915)
• Anna Christina Hofstra, Amsterdam
• * Lucia Koumans, Maastricht († 1949)
• Aldert Melles Jansma, Leek, Groningen, Netherlands
• Ambrose J. Smith Sr., Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• ?? Vaartjes, (OV) Kalenberg († 1888)
• Bol, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Albert Melles Jansma, Midwolde, Leek, Groningen, Netherlands
• Annie Prange, Nebraska

• Albertus van der Pas (29), Berlicum
• Albertus Beumer (2), Voorst,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hubertus Sprangers (64), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Hubertus Sprangers (64)
• Aloysius Cornelius Antonius Stakenborghs (0), Turnhout, België
• "Daniel" François Rudolf d'Ablaing van Giessenburg (41), Bad Gleichenberg, Autriche
• Adrianus Schenkeveld (52), Delft
• Adriaantje de Voogd (73), Renesse
• Alida Maria van der Steen (47), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Hielkemeier (66), Noordwolde

• 1878 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician († 1956)
• 1884 » Jock Hutchison, Scottish-American golfer († 1977)
• 1890 » Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader († 1971)
• 1891 » Erich Marcks, German general († 1944)
• 1891 » Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic († 1986)
• 1896 » Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian († 2009).
• 1896 » Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician († 1940)
• 1898 » Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa († 1980)
• 1898 » Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director († 2001)
• 1898 » Walter Abel, American actor († 1987)

• 1861 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
• 1862 » Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
• 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
• 1881 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
• 1883 » Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer and poet (b. 1853)
• 1891 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
• 1916 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
• 1922 » Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
• 1924 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)

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 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• 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.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

The temperature on June 6, 1888 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.