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• Anna Dekker, Beverwijk
• Albert Lunenborg, Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld) († 1889)
• Dekker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1888)
• Alida Cornelia Bakker, Tienhoven
• Aartje Johanna Veldhuis, Apeldoorn
• ADRIANA SMITS, DORDRECHT († 1928)
• Albert Alberts Lunenborg, Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen) († 1889)
• "Marie-Thérèse" Félicie Ghislaine Orban de Xivry, Namur, Belgique († 1964)
• Alexandra von Kalckstein, Haus Cappeln, Kr. Tecklenburg († 1972)
• Alberdina Johanna Zijlmans, Alblasserdam

• Benjamin Mosley Bankston (46)
• Bastiaan Slob (76), Noordeloos, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Dekker (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Isaac SNOUCK HURGRONJE (49), a.b. S.S. Conrad t.h.v. Guardafui, Indische Oceaan
• Catharina Luijendijk (0), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wierds de Boer (72), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Jacobus van de Vos (0), Vlissingen
• Adriana van Dorp (78), Voorburg
• Adriaan Meijers (71), Ritthem
• Albert Meun (39), Helder

• 1883 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player († 1934)
• 1884 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist († 1961)
• 1884 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director († 1947)
• 1886 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor († 1957)
• 1886 » Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general († 1957)
• 1887 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet († 1961)
• 1892 » Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts († 1979)
• 1893 » Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer († 1953)
• 1895 » Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft († 1955)
• 1896 » A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness († 1977)

• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

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 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
• 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.
• July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.

The temperature on September 1, 1888 was about 14.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.