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• Alida Hendrica Nieuwenhuijzen, Hilversum († 1958)
• Adriaan van Oost, Rotterdam († 1981)
• Adrianus Opbroek, 's-Gravenhage († 1957)
• LE PAGE, Lennon, 29123, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1889)
• Adriana Kop, Aarlanderveen († 1889)
• Adrianus van Oosterhout, Wagenberg († 1893)
• (Gr)ietje de Jong, Niawier (Nijewier), Friesland, Nederland († 1953)
• Albertus Johannes Dominicus van der Meulen, Gorssel
• Houben, Roggel
• Andries de VISSER, Nieuw-en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1942)

• Christiaan Marinus van Noort (47), Utrecht
• LE PAGE (0), Lennon, 29123, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Batje Kluiver (0), Oldebroek
• Cecilia Jacoba Dankaart (0), Charlois, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Brussee (25), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolph Augustus Botzen (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Antonia Cândida da Glória (69), Piuí, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Arend Mulder (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Dorst (39), Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Johanna Maria Smeets (5), Den Bosch ('s Hertogenbosch), Noord-Brabant (Nederland)

• 1884 » Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic († 1949)
• 1884 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)
• 1887 » Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1967)
• 1888 » Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq († 1965)
• 1890 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager († 1957)
• 1893 » Fritz Gause, German historian and curator († 1973)
• 1898 » Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer († 1975)
• 1899 » Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1994)
• 1900 » Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom († 2002)
• 1901 » Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer († 1971)

• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)

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 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.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on August 4, 1889 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.