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• Anna Maria van de Vondervoort, Veghel, Nederland († 1935)
• Alphonsus Joseph Martinus BEEKEN, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Geziena Ras, Rotterdam († 1968)
• Anna Maria van de Vondervoort, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Anna Fokkelina Witvoet, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands († 1919)
• Albertje Eelsing, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Fens, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1974)
• Anna Wilhelmina van Os, UTRECHT, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Vos, Nederhemert, Nederland († 1955)
• Anna Stello, Rotterdam († 1892)

• Antonius van den Berg (57), Noordwijkerhout
• Antonius van Heteren (67), Voorschoten
• Alfred Joseph Clemens Vorst van Salm-Reifferscheidt-Alfter (77)
• Anna Maria Bikkembergs, Sint-Lambrechts-Herk
• Bernardina Cornelia van Hulst (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart (2) Baars (0), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Benjamin Nolt Reiff (86), Earl Twp, Lancs, Pennsylvania, United States
• Carolina Vercauteren (62), Melsele
• Antonetta Vorstenbosch (54), Driel
• Antje Cornelis Bonne (76), Terschelling

• 1882 » Albert Bloch, American painter and academic († 1961)
• 1882 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager († 1936)
• 1884 » Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela († 1969)
• 1886 » John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia († 1961)
• 1887 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician († 1960)
• 1889 » Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress († 1929)
• 1891 » Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor († 1975)
• 1891 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian († 1971)
• 1892 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. († 1978)
• 1894 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (d.1976)

• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)

• 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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on August 2, 1888 was about 16.0 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.