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• Adrianus Wilhelmus Doreleijers, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriana Geelhoed, Kapelle († 1893)
• Amancio Gomes Ferreira, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Abraham Johannes Lucas, Rotterdam († 1935)
• Adriana Knopper, Utrecht
• Adrianus Henricus van Helfteren, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexina Everts Braam
• Allen Lee Sickler, Sciola, Montgomery, Iowa, United States († 1971)
• Alma Kramp, Holloway, Swift, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Aaltje Oost, Tiendeveen, Beilen, Nederland († 1950)

• Carolina Maria Sparenburg (7), Utrecht
• Augustinus Joseph Petrus de Kort (0), Tilburg
• Aart Rochus KAPTEIN (0), Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Louis Hillewaert (33), Brugge
• Appolonia Johanna van Egmond (1), Sassenheim
• Albert Jan Egbert Ballast (0), Coevorden
• Anna Carolina Wilhelmina DUBEL (22), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Theresia MARTIN, Wijtschate
• Antonij Looijmans (73), Someren
• Angelica Descamps (87), Brugge,, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1886 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright († 1964)
• 1887 » Rupert Brooke, English poet († 1915)
• 1890 » Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club († 1974)
• 1894 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1951)
• 1895 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician († 1942)
• 1896 » Ralph Horween, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1899 » Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver († 1979)
• 1900 » Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist († 1945)
• 1900 » John T. Scopes, American educator († 1970)
• 1901 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician († 1995)

• 1857 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)
• 1866 » Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
• 1867 » Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)

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.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on August 3, 1889 was about 18.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.