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• Alexander Wilhelm Paul van der Rest, Batavia
• Alexander Franciscus Rombout, Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands († 1958)
• Aalbert van der Zanden, Putten
• Adolphine Charlotte Jeannette Désirette Diehl, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Albertus van Heijningen
• Anie Gustine or Gardine Gabrielsdatter Bryne, Barnes, North Dakota, United States († 1974)
• Alfons Vercauteren, Vrasene († 1890)
• Alexander Wilhelm Paul Van Der Rest, Batavia Java, Ned. Indie
• Alessie, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Maria Vögel (0), Thal, Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Österreich
• Arendje van Duijn (1), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Balten van Sliedrecht (0), Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Vroegop (0), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annigie Gort (33), Zuidwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Nieuwlaat (68), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Balk (0), Elburg
• Annigje Gort (33), Drogtveld (De Wolden), Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie van Duijvenbode (20), Katwijk
• Albertus Bexkens (62), Oploo

• 1878 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect († 1944)
• 1879 » Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1881 » Edward Battersby Bailey, English geologist († 1965)
• 1882 » Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal († 1962)
• 1883 » Arthur Borton, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1933)
• 1885 » Dorothea Mackellar, Australian author and poet († 1968)
• 1887 » Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar († 1981)
• 1892 » James M. Cain, American author and journalist († 1977)
• 1892 » László Lajtha, Hungarian composer and conductor († 1963)
• 1899 » Thomas A. Dorsey, American pianist and composer († 1993)

• 1839 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1863 » John F. Reynolds, American general (b. 1820)
• 1884 » Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)
• 1905 » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
• 1912 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
• 1942 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)

• 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.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• 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 July 1, 1888 was about 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.