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• Maria Johanna Greup, Bergharen
• Abramiena Adriana Antonia Slotboom, Elst, Gemeente Over Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1952)
• Verschuuren, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1889)
• Adriana Johanna van Dixhoorn, Hontenisse (Hulst), Zeeland, Nederland († 1968)
• Verschuuren Verschuren, Tilburg-Noord-Brabant-NL († 1889)
• Aaltje Margrietha de Boer, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolfus Gerhardus Tönis, Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Jan Willem Charles Bogaerts, Breda († 1890)
• Abraham van der WELLE, Ooltgensplaat,, Pays-Bas († 1892)
• Abraham van der WELLE Jzn, Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1892)

• Antonia Ludovica Gauwloos (1)
• Anna Cornelia van Houten (64), Borgerhout 2140, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Aukje Reinders Vos (2), Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alfons Jozef CASTELEIN (1), Klerken
• Arnoldus Johannesz. van Kuijeren (46), Delft
• Anna Maria van Raaij (21), Overasselt
• Albertus de Jongh (79)
• * Augustin Joseph Cliquennois (64), Vught
• Albertus de Jongh, Utrecht
• Aart Van Woerkom (45), Tiel Gelderland Nederland

• 1878 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer († 1955)
• 1881 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army († 1945)
• 1884 » Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1886 » Frank Clement, British racing driver († 1970)
• 1888 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author († 1921)
• 1890 » Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic († 1977)
• 1894 » Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist († 1947)
• 1894 » Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor († 1981)
• 1898 » Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic († 1986)
• 1900 » Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic († 1984)

• 1844 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 1849 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)

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 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
• 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.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

The temperature on June 15, 1889 was about 22.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.