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• Agnes Engelina Hendrika van Wordragen, Rotterdam († 1889)
• Alice Helen Klein, Chicago (Cook County) (Illinois) († 1965)
• Akke BIJLSMA, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Van Der Sleen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1975)
• Albertus Hasselaar, Ruurlo († 1961)
• Adriana Maria MELIS, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Agnes Civile van Hamel, Leiden,Gemeente Leiden,South Holland,Netherlands
• Alice Nettie Flycht, Pennsylvania († 1976)
• Agatha Barbara van der Meij, Warmond († 1963)
• Aaltje VEIJER, Staphorst (Overijssel, The Netherlands) († 1946)

• Aaltje Roza (1), Nieuwaal
• Catharine DOROTHEA KLINGENBERG (52), Bergen, Piet Retief District
• Antonia Catharina van Dijk (79), Utrecht
• Anna Aleida van Varseveld (59), Rheden, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• carel wilhelm hartkamp (37), amsterdam
• Abraham van Doorn (58), Kootwijkerbroek (Barneveld), Gelderland, Nederland
• * Johannes van Erp (66), Gemert
• Blandina Graciana Vilela (82), Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Adrianus Lips (0), Leiden
• Christiaan van der Vorst (35), Oud Gastel

• 1878 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer († 1950)
• 1879 » Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, social activist, and politician († 1973)
• 1879 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager († 1930)
• 1881 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1883 » William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist († 1963)
• 1884 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer († 1920)
• 1886 » Anton Irv, Estonian captain († 1919)
• 1897 » Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1900 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player († 1980)
• 1900 » Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom († 1986)

• 1868 » Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
• 1877 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
• 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)

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 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• 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.
• October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

The temperature on September 17, 1888 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.