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• Angela Mathilda Keiser, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1963)
• Andreas Gradus Schnitzler († 1920)
• Alice Decleer, Koekelare († 1978)
• Aartje de Graaf, Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1970)
• Albertha DAMBRINK, Iowa († 1968)
• Albert Vrijlink, Stegeren († 1911)
• Abraham Jacob van der Blom, Leiden
• Anna Maria Stengs, Heemskerk († 1965)
• van Schaik
• Albert Koomen

• Antje de Beurs (58), Den Helder
• Abraham Groenheijde (3), Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Kemps (84), s-Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Schipper (Schippers) (83), Nisse
• Aaltje Jans de Jong (73), Tietjerksteradeel,Frl
• Amelia Victoria Hoorelbeke (61), Ieper West-Vlaanderen België
• Antje de Beurs (58), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana SCHIPPER (83), Nisse,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schroote (32), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Faro (71), 's Gravenmoer

• 1883 » Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War († 1963)
• 1883 » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet († 1941)
• 1885 » A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist († 1967)
• 1885 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia († 1945)
• 1885 » Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor († 1972)
• 1888 » Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1891 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1972) name="Jöckle1995">Clemens Jöckle (1995). Encyclopedia of Saints. Alpine Fine Arts Collection. p.319. ISBN978-0-88168-226-7.</ref>
• 1891 » Storm Jameson, English journalist and author († 1986)
• 1891 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic († 1967)

• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)

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.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
• 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 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

The temperature on January 8, 1889 was about -0.4 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.