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• Andries Wilhelm Jansen, Hengelo, Nederland († 1956)
• Aagje Laffra, Sneek
• Adrianus Gerardus Johannes Dobber, Amsterdam († 1927)
• Wijngaard, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1888)
• Alida Agnes Maria Engels († 1975)
• Alice Cottrell, Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Aaltje Alberts Smand, Hoogeveen († 1889)
• Alois Bernard De Lille, Maldegem
• Abraham Ouwerkerk, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriaan Cornelis van Houdt, Sint Maartensdijk († 1889)

• Anna Christina Quist (0), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Leurs (28), Venlo
• Bartholomeus FRANÇOIS (79), Vechmaal, 73087, Limburg, Belgique
• Anne Penelope Biddulph (79)
• Albertus van Hofwegen (68), Gouda
• Anna Christina Quist (0), Sint Maartensdijk gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• cornelia hadewij BRUSSAARD (34), oud-beijerland
• Adriaan de Jonge (0), Zaamslag,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Anne Jeips Klaver (76), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anthonie Johannes Voorbij (0), Netherlands

• 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
• 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
• 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
• 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
• 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
• 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
• 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
• 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
• 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)
• 1895 » Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer († 2000)

• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)

• 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.
• January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
• August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

The temperature on August 16, 1888 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.