About the day » Friday August 10, 1888Calender converter

• Adolph Ambrosius Lut, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Alfred Finch Hacker, New City, New York († 1971)
• Aafke (Effie) Bandringa, Chicago, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Adrianus Cornelius Jansen, Tilburg († 1966)
• Andreas Theodor Hjort († 1958)
• * Hendrik Olie, Waddinxveen († 1973)
• Aantje Kon, Lexmond († 1969)
• Adriana van Wolferen, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Alida Maria VERLOOP, Noordwijk († 1889)
• Aantje Kon, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Alida Weeteling (78), Zaandam
• ADRIANA VAN DER PAS (72), WERKENDAM
• Andrew 1806 Stewart (82), Dunmurry, Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland
• Bart Beukers (80), Meerkerk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna van Boelens (89), Olterterp,Gemeente Opsterland,Friesland,Netherlands
• Abraham RIDDERHOF (19), Dordrecht
• Adriana Schipper (0), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antonia van Rijswijk (0), Veen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Berbera van 't Zant (72), Hedel
• Antonie Korbeld (0), Tongeren (Wijhe)

• 1880 » Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1964)
• 1884 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author († 1935)
• 1888 » Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark († 1940)
• 1889 » Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly († 1967)
• 1889 » Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance († 1968)
• 1890 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1954)
• 1894 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India († 1980)
• 1895 » Hammy Love, Australian cricketer († 1969)
• 1897 » Jack Haley, American actor and singer († 1979)
• 1897 » John W. Galbreath, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm († 1988)

• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)

• 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.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• 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.
• September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on August 10, 1888 was about 27.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.