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• Allardus Jans Kooistra, Warga, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
• Abraham Verhoef, Maarsseveen, U, The Netherlands († 1889)
• Adam Schreur, Harlingen († 1890)
• "Ferrante" Vincenzo Gonzaga, Torino, Italie († 1943)
• Anna Petronella van der Eijk, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andriesje Vos, Kloosterveen, Assen († 1973)
• Abraham Kolthoff, Almelo († 1976)
• Anna Johanna Vreugdenhil, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna Margaretha Eelkema, Elp Westerbork
• Braet, Moerkerke († 1889)

• (Stillborn) VAN DER WAL (0), Niezijl Groningen Netherlands
• Anje Lammerts Hoving, Zeerijp
• Adrianus Van Den Berg (0), Charlois
• Aaltje Dikken (16), Kuinre
• Adriana (Cornelia) Kloosterman (56), Heinkenszand
• Verheul, Utrecht
• Antje van der Hoek (26), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anje Lammerts Hoving (86), Zeerijp
• Aaltje Dikken (16), Kuinre (Steenwijkerland)
• (Stillborn) HOOGEVEEN (0), Hijkersmilde (Smilde) Drenthe Netherlands

• 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
• 1882 » Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer († 1956)
• 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)
• 1885 » Ring Lardner, American journalist and author († 1933)
• 1886 » Jam Handy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1983)
• 1886 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian († 1971)
• 1892 » Bert Smith, English international footballer, right half († 1969)
• 1893 » Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist († 1987)
• 1893 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
• 1895 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian († 1976)

• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)
• 1919 » Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
• 1920 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)

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.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• 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 March 6, 1889 was about -2.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.