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• Alice Mary Hanford, Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States († 1934)
• Adriaantje Verschoor, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1930)
• Aart de Vries, Weesperkarspel († 1889)
• Alida Anthonia van Lien, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Deutekom, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1891)
• akeline zijlstra, uithuizermeeden, Nederland
• Akelina Zijlstra, Uithuizermeeden
• Albert Olivier, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 1976)
• Adeline Catharina Christine Behrens, Evenste (Dl)
• Alida Antonia van Lien, Nieuw-Helvoet

• Anna Elisabeth Meijer (37), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aaltjen Roelofs BERKENBOS (79), Weststellingwerf(Friesland)
• Anna Maria Offermans (0), Kerkrade (L
• Anna Catharina Weggers (85), Doetinchem, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis van Dijck (81), Boxmeer
• Adriaan Cornelis Seebregts (73), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Antonij Jacobus Smans (70), Princenhage
• Antje Schrama (58), Lisse,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika van 't Geijn (50), Nieuwaal (Gameren Gelderland)
• Ailke Harms van Straten (79), Eenrum, Pieterburen

• 1886 » Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist († 1913)
• 1886 » Ma Rainey, American singer († 1939)
• 1889 » Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1889 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic († 1951)
• 1894 » Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician († 1987)
• 1896 » Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot († 1941)
• 1896 » Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director († 1967)
• 1897 » Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1897 » Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder († 1967)
• 1898 » Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)

• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)

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.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

The temperature on April 26, 1889 was about 6.6 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.