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• Amanda Bowles, Jackson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1939)
• Adrianus * (Arie) van Nierop, Stompwijk*, Nederland
• Adrianus van Nierop
• Anna Elisabeth Calcoen, Adinkerke, De Panne, België († 1889)
• Anna Maria Van Wouw, Haasdonk
• Angèle Gabrielle GHYSEL, Ghyvelde... Hauts de France
• Anna Coster, Rotterdam
• Ada E Cram († 1889)
• Anna Maria Goffin, Bingelrade, Limburg, Nederland († 1971)
• Alida Hendrike Wolvius, Wonseradeel († 1974)

• Antonia BODAAN (78), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth van Solms-Wildenfels (13), Wildenfels
• Alida Johannesdr. van Hennen (77), Gouda
• Alexander Jacobus van Breda (74), Newlands (KP/Zuid-Afrika)
• Adrianus Vermeer (0), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthony Pietersz Beij (97), Leiden
• Adrianus van van Eijk (57), Leimuiden,, Jacobswoude
• Bernard Brands (0), Zutphen
• Bernard Brands (0), Zutphen {GE}
• ALEXANDER LEONARDUS KNUBBEN (36), Hulsberg

• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician († 1926)
• 1886 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author († 1968)
• 1888 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor († 1971)
• 1890 » Alfred Jodl, German general († 1946)
• 1891 » Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic († 1934)
• 1893 » Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist († 1949)
• 1894 » Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor († 1979)
• 1897 » Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway († 1987)
• 1898 » Ariel Durant, American historian and author († 1981)
• 1899 » Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1987)

• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
• 1863 » Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Wilhelmina
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
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 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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
• November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

The temperature on May 10, 1889 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.