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• Adriana Antonia Hooijmans, Veur, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Lierhaus, Mülheim an der Ruhr († 1962)
• Aagje Schouten, Nieuwenhoorn († 1938)
• Anna,Theodora Wildt de, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Aaltje Hendrika Kapteijn, Ter Aar († 1963)
• Albert Cabbage
• Amy Bertha Manning, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia († 1937)
• Anna Gelder, Oude Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Albertus Gerardus Jacobus van BUSSEL, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruda Boselie, Berlicum, NL († 1964)

• Albert Hoek (55), Venhuizen
• Antoinette "Louise" Félicité Mangin d'Hermantin (74), Chauvigny, Vienne, France
• Belinda Post (75), Summit, Ohio, United States
• AREND GRIFFIJN (53), LOOSDUINEN
• Andrej Petkac (1), Velky Folkmar, Austro Hungarian Empire
• Petronilla Baert (2), Koewacht
• - van Schinkel (0), Velsen, N-H, NL
• Barbara Williams MORGAN (54), Wellsville, Cache County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia van Raak (64), Tilburg
• Agatha Luten (73), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1882 » Christopher Stone, English radio host († 1965)
• 1883 » Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist († 1975)
• 1887 » Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1972)
• 1887 » Lynne Overman, American actor and singer († 1943)
• 1888 » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist († 1971)
• 1888 » Porter Hall, American actor († 1953)
• 1889 » Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author († 1999)
• 1894 » Rachel Field, American author and poet († 1942)
• 1898 » Giuseppe Saragat, Italian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Italy († 1988)
• 1900 » Ricardo Cortez, American actor († 1977)

• 1863 » Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)
• 1868 » William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1811)
• 1881 » James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)
• 1902 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)
• 1905 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1906 » Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
• 1924 » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)
• 1927 » Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)

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.
• 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.
• April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
• September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
• September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

The temperature on September 19, 1888 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.