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• Aaltje Jonk, Farmsum, Groningen, Nederland († 1966)
• Aleida Theodora Maria Oorsprong, Arnhem,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1950)
• Apollonia Maria van der Horst, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1889)
• Adrianus Geers, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Nederland
• Alfred Blancheri, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
• Amalia Louisa Petronella du Tour, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Annie Morand, Ontario
• Andreas Everhardus van Nimwegen, Leeuwarden († 1890)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria van Woerkom, Druten
• Antoni Lebbink, Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1958)

• Augusta Charlotta Victoria PELTZER (0), Roermond
• Arijaantje Sonneveld (82), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Slingerland (67), Zoeterwoude
• Ariaantje Cornelisdr. Sonnevelt (82), Naaldwijk
• Adriana Godes (79), Ginneken
• Arijaantje Cornelisdr Sonneveld (82), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Adrianus Bierens (3), Eersel
• Boukje VREDEVELD (1), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arijaantje Sonneveld (82), Naaldwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaantje Sonneveld (82), Naaldwijk, Nederland

• 1883 » Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist († 1931)
• 1884 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1885 » Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1890 » Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)
• 1898 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer († 1992)
• 1901 » John Gunther, American journalist and author († 1970)
• 1901 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author († 1981)

• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

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.
• March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• 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 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• 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 30, 1888 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.