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• Alice Mary Sybil Glynn († 1970)
• Ant (vanKoote) Kwakman, Volendam († 1961)
• Adriaan Cornelis Jansen, 's Gravenhage († 1890)
• Amelie Eleonora de Chauvigny de Blot, Purworedjo, Indonesie († 1980)
• Adriana Behage, Heinkenszand, Nederland († 1957)
• Angenes Peters, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Albert Henry Smith, New South Wales, Australia († 1969)
• Aaltje Landmeter, Ooststellingwerf, Fr, Nederland († 1889)
• Alexander Martine Gauley, Ireland († 1938)
• Anthonia HEijstek, Hillegom († 1984)

• Anna Maria Jansen (0), Megen
• Anna Elisabeth Savelkoul (0), Grevenbicht
• Benjamin Filmer (54), Canterbury, Kent
• Anna Maria Vandenboer (0), Lommel
• Batjelina de Jonge (0), Weerdingermarke, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie GRAVENDEEL (25), Puttershoek,Zuid Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Vandenboer (0), Lommel
• Adrianus LEGEWEG (75), Westmaas
• Albertus Tak (0), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Savelkoul (0), Grevenbicht, Provincie Limburg, Nederland

• 1884 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician († 1964)
• 1885 » Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet († 1922)
• 1885 » Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter († 1973)
• 1887 » Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan († 1983)
• 1890 » Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)
• 1891 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America († 1988)
• 1895 » May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director († 1968)
• 1895 » Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD († 1940)
• 1896 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician († 1947)
• 1896 » Mark W. Clark, American general († 1984)

• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

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.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• 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.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

The temperature on May 1, 1889 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.