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• Adriana Cornelia Oomen, Oud-en Nieuw Gastel
• Andries van Tinteren, Amsterdam {NH}
• Addie Frink († 1922)
• Anna Maria MICHGELS, Elst, Eijmeren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Anna Maria Feldkamp, Bergh, Nederland († 1930)
• Arie de Kok († 1964)
• Antonius Johannes de Jong, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Allegonda Hendrina van Beek, Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Maria Jong de, Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Albert Boelens, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)

• Abraham Plooij (60), Schiedam, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anthonie van Hekke (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Barbera van den Berg (2), Langerak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kruijswijk (5), Nederhorst den Berg
• Baukje Kornelis Sixma (Siksma) (80), Franekerradeel, Nederland
• Anna Senhorinha Pereira da Cunha (79), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Anthonie van Hekke (0), 's-Gravezande Westland Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Adriana Barbera van den Berg (2), Langerak
• Alouisia Geertruida Ferdinanda Maria Schaepman (46), Rosmalen
• Anna (Boersma) Boensma (63), Frederiksoord, Vledder, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1880 » Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic († 1964)
• 1881 » Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author († 1966)
• 1882 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger († 1946)
• 1886 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1888 » Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist († 1985)
• 1892 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1894 » Erna Mohr, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1895 » Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet († 1941)
• 1897 » Bull Connor, American police officer († 1973)
• 1899 » Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist († 1943)

• 1825 » Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
• 1844 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)

• 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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on July 11, 1888 was about 11.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.