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• Agatha Eva Mangano, Catania, Catania, Sicilia, Italy († 1968)
• Alida Christina Maria Jorissen, Utrecht, U. NL
• Adrianus Johannes van der Stelt, Voorburg, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Anna Dimphna Verstappen, Gheel
• Aaltje Engelen, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1888)
• Anna Catharina Corina Hanraths, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands († 1889)
• Addie Lee Lewis, Houston County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• .... Hendrika van Sliedregt, Fijnaart
• Adrianus Johannes Van der Stelt, Voorburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Abraham Humsey Sprunger, Berne, Adams, Indiana, United States († 1970)

• Antonia Aletta Pieternella Pop (0), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Gerritsd van der Nulft (67), Amsterdam, nh.nld
• Anthonetta Catharina Baetings (81), 's hertogebosch
• Allegonda van Dooren (67), Leende, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Antonie Groeneweg (66), NUMANSDORP (Hoeksche Waard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Hendriks Witman (81), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrien Nowe (75), Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida de Maat (87), Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria de Jong (81), Gouda
• Alida Cornelia van den Bosch (21), Naaldwijk

• 1878 » Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist († 1926)
• 1883 » Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland († 1971)
• 1884 » Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor († 1970)
• 1885 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1886 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic († 1944)
• 1887 » Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress († 1975)
• 1887 » Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet († 1985)
• 1890 » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar († 1936)
• 1892 » Will James, American author and illustrator († 1942)
• 1897 » Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar († 1994)

• 1854 » Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
• 1868 » Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
• 1893 » Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1901 » Chlodwig Carl Viktor, German prince and chancellor (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 » Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1907 » August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1916 » Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1918 » Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1922 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)

• 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.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• 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.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

The temperature on July 6, 1888 was about 14.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.