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• Adrianus Hendrikus van Vliet, Schiedam († 1959)
• Andries de Zwart, Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Alfons Janssens († 1959)
• Anna Dymphna DRIESSENS, Zandvliet, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Adrianus Joseph van Diem, Goirle († 1960)
• Alexander Cornelis Jacobus Pieter Doorschodt, 's-Gravenhage
• Angèle Waayeret, Temse († 1979)
• Anje Hollander, Roden
• Alberdina Johanna van Heck, Dordrecht
• Albertus Bergman, Berkumpoepershoek (Zwollerkerspel), Overijssel, Nederland († 1979)

• Antonius van den Eijnden (39), Someren,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Gorselink, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alcy Delilah Neal (28), Condon, Gilliam, Oregon, United States
• Anna Maria Lennings (32), Haarlem
• Adriana van der Pas, Werkendam,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Adriana den Heijer (47), Scheveningen
• Anna Catharina Brosens (73), Hoogstraten (Meer), Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Aagje van Willigen (0), Brakel
• Adriana Barbera (Van den Berg *) (2), Langerak
• Andreas van Fessem (0), Made en Drimmelen

• 1878 » Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author († 1955)
• 1881 » Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler († 1920)
• 1884 » Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor († 1962)
• 1885 » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer († 1958)
• 1891 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle († 1944)
• 1891 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author († 1962)
• 1892 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist († 1978)
• 1897 » Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator († 1968)
• 1897 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic († 1970)

• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)

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.
• 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 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

The temperature on August 11, 1888 was about 19.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.