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• Agatha Anthonia Adriana van Ankum,, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Coelingh, Hoogeveen († 1930)
• Aaltje Kloezeman, Wijhe († 1942)
• Aaltje Jonker, Den Hoorn, Texel, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriana Johanna Janknegt, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1890)
• Albertus Hermanus Teunissen, Elst († 1916)
• Alice Dupont, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Hendrikje Snijders, Nieuw Dordrecht Emmen († 1966)
• Adolphine Wilhelmine Elisabeth Bähler, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1978)
• Aaltje Cappendijck, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1889)

• Eelke Andries de Jong (88), Hommerts
• Aleida ZWININK (72), Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Anna Plomp (2), Delft
• Adrianus Johannes van Wissen (4), Delft
• Alida Bouman (0), Lent
• Anna Catharina van Berkel (61), Tilburg
• Adriana Hermina Nebbens Sterling (64), Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands
• de Vries (0), Erica (Emmen)
• Adriana Maria de Wals (78), Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Krijn Bor (30), Leerdam

• 1883 » José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic († 1955)
• 1884 » Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor († 1917)
• 1885 » Gianni Vella, Maltese artist († 1977)
• 1888 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot († 1918)
• 1888 » Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector († 1964)
• 1892 » Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire († 1989)
• 1893 » William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and author († 1947)
• 1895 » Frank Foss, American pole vaulter († 1989)
• 1895 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher († 1961)
• 1895 » Richard Barthelmess, American actor († 1963)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

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.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• 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.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• 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 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

The temperature on May 9, 1889 was about 23.3 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.