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• Alexander Menke, Maarssen, Nederland († 1962)
• Amos Leonidas CHAMPLIN
• Anna Jacoba Oosterhaven, Rauwerderhem
• Aaltje Walvis, Rotterdam, ZH. Nedeland († 1889)
• Aaltje Veldhuis, Heerde († 1890)
• Annette Theodora den Hartog, Cheribon
• Annie Francis Morse, Newbury Port
• Adolfine Adele Westerkamp, Batavia (Java) Indonesië († 1979)
• Aaltje Horring, Emmen
• Adolphina Maria Van Looy, Berchem, België († 1889)

• Agnes Maria Knoors (25), Leiderdorp
• Aaltje Lubbertjes Snijder (69), Urk, Gemeente Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Aaltje Snijder (69), Urk
• Aaltje Koldenhof (63), Apeldoorn Brink en orden
• Anne Catharine Nijssen (86), Grevenbicht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Vrielink (1), Hengelo
• *Dirkje van Dulst (56), Haarlem
• Anna MOORS (71), Bergen op Zoom, 3315, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Nijssen (88), Grevenbicht, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Baelde (35), Medan (Sumatera, Indonesia)

• 1885 » Duncan Grant, British painter and designer († 1978)
• 1885 » Harold A. Wilson, English runner († 1932)
• 1885 » Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer († 1978)
• 1886 » John M. Stahl, American director and producer († 1950)
• 1887 » Ernest Holmes, American New Thought writer († 1960)
• 1887 » Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player († 1926)
• 1887 » Wolfgang Köhler, German psychologist and phenomenologist († 1967)
• 1889 » Pitirim Sorokin, American sociologist and political activist († 1968)
• 1891 » Albert Battel, German Army lieutenant and lawyer († 1952)
• 1891 » Francisco Lázaro, Portuguese marathon runner († 1912)

• 1862 » Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1870 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)
• 1872 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
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.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• 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.
• 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 January 21, 1889 was about 2.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.