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• Aaltje Wiebes Bolhuis, Kommerzijl, Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Scheven, Munnekemoer, Vlagtwedde
• Albertus Gerhard de Vries, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1946)
• "Jeanne" Charlotte Anne Marie de Robien, château de Robien, Le Fœil, Côtes-d'Armor, France († 1960)
• Alida Riebeek, Leiden
• Aaltje Bouman, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1916)
• Aaltje Egberts Kamps, Hollandscheveld, Nederland († 1966)
• Aafje Molenaar, Middelie, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Abby Inez FERGUSON
• Anna (Bronnes) Datema, Aduard gem. Oldehove

• Aaltje Salm (30), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartjen (Ida) Plette (82), Oostendorp (Doornspijk)
• Allard Gerrit TENGBERGEN (41), Vlaardingen (Zuid-Holland, Nederland)
• Aart van Laar (80), Leersum
• Aartje(n) Platte (Plette) (82), Oostendorp (Doornspijk), Gld, The Netherlands
• Anna Catharina de la Roij (16), Kessel
• Anna Paulona Groenewout (36), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vetters (75), Herenthout, België
• Aartjen Lubberts Platte (82), Oostendorp, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie van Lith (48), Olderbroek (Gelderland)

• 1881 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor († 1950)
• 1882 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer († 1963)
• 1885 » Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee († 1974)
• 1887 » Avery Brundage, American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee († 1975)
• 1889 » Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach († 1973)
• 1890 » Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian electrical engineer († 1982)
• 1892 » Elmer Rice, American playwright († 1967)
• 1893 » Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright († 1984)
• 1893 » Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician († 1973)
• 1898 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician († 1957)

• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
• 1915 » Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
• 1918 » Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor (b. 1888)

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.
• January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• 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 September 28, 1889 was about 11.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.