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• Aaltje van der Laan, Eexterveenschekanaal,Gemeente Aa en Hunze,Drenthe,Nederland († 1972)
• Aloijsius BOONS, Loon op Zand,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Andreas van Dijk, Oude Pekela († 1890)
• Anna Catharina van Terheijden, Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Adriaan Teunis Broere, Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1889)
• Albert Pot, Wittelte († 1934)
• Aaltje van Burgeler, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1963)
• Angélique Louchart, Dour, Henegouwen, België († 1988)
• Anastasia (Annie) Cronin, Merriwa NSW Australia († 1973)
• Alva C Cook, Plato, Texas, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1963)

• Adriana Geertruida van Hienen (32), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Benoit Denis (76), Lewarde
• Anna Mechtildis Hebben (28), Broekhuizenvorst, Limburg (NL)
• Anna Mechtildis Clabbers (26), Broekhuizenvorst (Broekhuizen)
• Alfred Thomas Janes (46), Lamont, Missouri, United States
• Adriana Geertruida van Hienen (32), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Aartje van Zijl (62), Helmond, Gemeente Helmond, North Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Ruiter de (1), Steenwijk Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus van Oosterhout (0), Terheijden
• Anna Mechtilda Clabbers (26), Broekhuizen

• 1880 » Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author († 1963)
• 1882 » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran († 1967)
• 1885 » Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect († 1941)
• 1888 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1925)
• 1888 » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer († 1980)
• 1890 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian († 1965)
• 1896 » Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1897 » Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1899 » Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano († 1972)
• 1902 » Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)

• 1862 » Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (b. 1808)
• 1869 » Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795)
• 1872 » Norman MacLeod, Scottish minister and author (b. 1812)
• 1878 » Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1878 » Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (b. 1781)
• 1881 » Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1885 » Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Alexander Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1824)
• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)

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 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.
• June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• 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.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on June 16, 1889 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.