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• Alida van der Kwaak, Rijnsburg
• Alida Van der Kwaak, Rijnsburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Hieronymus Karel Aloys Innocent Maria Vorst van Schönburg-Hartenstein, Wolfsthal, Niederösterreich († 1956)
• Aafke Gelkes Broersma, Ferwoude, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
• Abraham Jobse, Ritthem, Zeeland, NL († 1966)
• van Oosten, Maasland (ZH-NLD)
• Aldert Houwing, Hoorn, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aafke Westerman, Oosterwijtwerd, 't Zandt, Groningen, Nederland († 1918)
• Abraham van Slijpe, Groot-Ammers,Gemeente Liesveld,South Holland,Netherlands
• Alexander von Sch?nburg-Hartenstein († 1956)

• Adrianus Johannes Boers (69), Groningen
• Amelberge van Meervenne (75), Temse
• Augustus Petrus Josephus DEWULF (1), Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Agnes Schirbach (0), Maastricht
• Abraham Geelhoed (57), Grijpskerke, Walcheren, NL
• Christina Bock (61), bardenberg
• Aafke Rienks van der Hoek (32), achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Apolonia van As (5), Zierikzee
• Aagtje Keur (69), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagtje Keur (69), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1874 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic († 1945)
• 1879 » Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party († 1966)
• 1879 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter († 1944)
• 1887 » Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1887 » Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author († 1983)
• 1893 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter († 1926)
• 1898 » Lawrence Gray, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1979)
• 1901 » Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist († 1986)

• 1842 » Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1844 » Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
• 1869 » Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
• 1878 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)

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.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• 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.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on July 28, 1888 was about 16.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.