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• Antje Oosterloo, Jubbega Schurega († 1924)
• Albert Hendrikus Evers, Arnhem
• Antje Egberts Oosterloo, Jubbega-Schurega, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1924)
• Anna van Loenen, Ridderkerk († 1888)
• Aloysius Josephus Gryseels, Okegem
• Anthonie Pieter Bongers, dordrecht (zuid holland) († 1968)
• Adriaan Isaäc den Hollander, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Dam, Velsen († 1889)
• Albert John Bath, Edinburgh, Schotland († 1967)
• Anna Maria Vogels, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1891)

• Bieke Klases Jellema (85), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Beide (Bieke) jellema (85), Sneek
• Catharina Verzijlenberg (0), Bennebroek, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Oost (38), Sint Annaland gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Arie Ariensz van DuiJveNbode (53), Rotterdam
• Abraham Blom (23), Almelo
• Adriana Zijmens Louter (90), Limmen
• Albertus Helmus (74), Silvolde
• Adriana Louter (90), Limmen
• Anne Marie FREYBURGER (56), Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)

• 1879 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet († 1944)
• 1879 » Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician († 1976)
• 1880 » Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1884 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor († 1920)
• 1884 » Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer († 1957)
• 1886 » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director († 1956)
• 1892 » Bruno Schulz, Ukrainian-Polish author and painter († 1942)
• 1895 » Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère († 1983)
• 1895 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano († 1962)
• 1895 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter († 1960)

• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

The temperature on July 12, 1888 was about 12.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.