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• Adrana van Boxtel, Dongen († 1975)
• Aaltje Willempje Riegman, Charlois († 1890)
• Anna Dening, Sleen
• Albert ten Berk de Boer, Apeldoorn
• Anna Maria Cornelia TEMPELAARS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
• Alix Lucie Marie Julie Petit, Sivry, Hainaut, Belgique († 1910)
• 00 Pleuntje Snijders, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1964)
• Adam Boeser, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Adrianus Jacobus Avink, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Vanpopering, Bruinisse (Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland († 1937)

• Anje Vink (1), Oosterwijtwerd, 't Zandt,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Ulrich (Usleber) (78), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Bakker (44), Holborn, Greater London, Groot Brittanië
• Anna Johanna Maria (Jeanne) Ulrich Usleeber (78), Amsterdam
• (Catharina) Maria Francisca Jolie (79), Heemstede
• Aldegonda SNOEKX (65), Eksel, 72038, Limburg, Belgique
• aletta Maria Klomp (0), Zeist
• Antje van Leeuwen (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Arend Teunissen (72), De Steeg
• Anna Maria Van Grunderbeeck (70), Kortenberg, 3070, België

• 1885 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1885 » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist († 1954)
• 1885 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic († 1944)
• 1885 » St John Philby, English colonial and explorer († 1960)
• 1886 » Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer († 1953)
• 1887 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna († 1956)
• 1887 » Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral († 1966)
• 1888 » Neville Cardus, English author and critic († 1975)
• 1888 » Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral († 1972)
• 1889 » Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer († 1949)

• 1844 » Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
• 1846 » William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1868 » Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
• 1880 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
• 1882 » Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1897 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
• 1901 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
• 1902 » Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)
• 1930 » Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)

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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
• May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• 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.

The temperature on April 3, 1889 was about 4.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.