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• Albert Hendriks Bakker († 1960)
• Aart Doornekamp, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Foekens, Emmen († 1945)
• Alexander Housen, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Hendriksz Bakker, Urk († 1960)
• Adriana Pieternella Scheele, Zaamslag († 1965)
• Albertje Jans Voorn, Emmen († 1889)
• Adriana Hermina VAN DER BIJL, Amsterdam († 1973)
• Albert Bakker, Urk († 1960)
• Abraham Van der Burg, Schiedam,-

• Leijten (0), Rijsbergen (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Adriaantje Adriana van der Veen (92), Ruwiel Breukelen Ut., Nederland
• Adriana van der Veen (93), Ruwiel,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Weeda (24), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carl Ernst Schenscher (81), Monarto, South Australia
• Angenita Johanna Swensen (36), Palembang Sumatra
• Cecilia Valvekens (82), Antwerpen
• Antonius Gerrit-Jans Gerrits (50), Raalte
• Aafje Schaddé van Dooren (27), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Leonardus CORVER (38), Breda, 3379, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1874 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor († 1947)
• 1875 » Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1959)
• 1878 » Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer († 1976)
• 1879 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, († 1956)
• 1881 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince († 1918)
• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)
• 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)
• 1896 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher († 1980)
• 1899 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress († 1996)
• 1901 » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer († 1990)

• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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.
• April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
• May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
• December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

The temperature on August 9, 1888 was about 26.0 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.