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• Aart Gerrit Dalhuisen, Epe († 1891)
• Abena Laura BUUS, Lennox,South Dakota († 1982)
• Adrianus Cornelius Antonius van Vuuren, montfoort
• Aaltje Buursma, Nijega, Friesland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adrianus Gerardus Wisse, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Anna Maria Bentlage, Munnekemoer, Vlagtwedde
• Albert Oost, Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia LUIJKX, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleides van Doorn, De Kwakel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adriana HOL, Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)

• Aaltje Schakel (56), Ottoland
• Adrianus Deckx (45), Dessel (België)
• Agnes Margaretha Smits (0), Maarslag, Groningen, Nederland
• (74), Hebelermeer
• DIKKESCHEI (0), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van Roij (0), Helmond, Niederlande
• Anna Poll (0), Eenrum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Waarhuijs (0), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Poppelen (72), Steenbergen
• Antonie Dirk de Kruijff (22), Buren

• 1879 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and parasitologist († 1934)
• 1879 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor († 1936)
• 1887 » James Ormsbee Chapin, American-Canadian painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1887 » Samuel Eliot Morison, American admiral and historian († 1976)
• 1887 » Saturnino Herrán, Mexican painter († 1918)
• 1889 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee († 1964)
• 1893 » George Geary, English cricketer and coach († 1981)
• 1901 » Barbara Cartland, prolific English author († 2000)
• 1902 » Peter Acland, English soldier († 1993)
• 1905 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1984)

• 1850 » Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (b. 1819)
• 1850 » Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
• 1852 » Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1794)
• 1856 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1776)
• 1856 » James Strang, American religious leader and politician (b. 1813)
• 1880 » Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (b. 1848)
• 1903 » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
• 1927 » John Drew, Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)

• 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.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
• June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
• August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

The temperature on July 9, 1888 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 32 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.