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• , DUDZELE (BELGIQUE) († 1973)
• Anna Hendrika Kraanenbrink, Arnhem, Netherlands († 1965)
• Anna Sibilla Damen, Stein, Limburg, Netherlands († 1967)
• Anna Elizabeth Letsch, 's-Gravenhage
• Alida Vosmeer, Tull en 't Waal, Nederland († 1959)
• Aaltien Kamps, Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alma Lee Jones, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States († 1974)
• Adrianus Bernardus van Melzen, Den Helder 442 († 1963)
• Anna Catharina BAARTMAN, Haarlemmermeer, NH, Netherlands († 1958)
• Anna Sibilla Damen, Stein, Limburg, Nederland

• Adriaan Cense (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Cense (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• van der Kooij, Overschie
• Anna Maria Daris (40), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Knijn (33), Ursem, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Marjan Buuts (68), Oss
• Agatha van Haaster (27), Bloemendaal
• "Raoul" Paul Emmanuel de Raigecourt (85), Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, France
• Adriana Katterlé (67), Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia de Mooy (0), Delft

• 1880 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1975)
• 1881 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general († 1968)
• 1883 » Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer († 1970)
• 1887 » Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman († 1965)
• 1888 » Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer († 1945)
• 1895 » Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer († 1996)
• 1896 » Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic († 1981)
• 1897 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist († 1924)
• 1898 » Gertrude Lawrence, British actress, singer, and dancer († 1952)
• 1898 » Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican-American historian and activist († 1997)

• 1881 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882 » Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
• 1886 » Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891 » Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902 » Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
• 1905 » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1916 » Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (b. 1888)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
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.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• 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 July 4, 1889 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.