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• van den Hooven
• Grevenstuk Herman Cornelis, goor († 1891)
• Albert Janssen, Wymeer, Leer, Niedersachsen, Deutschland († 1968)
• Annie Sutton, Leicester, Leicestershire, England († 1960)
• Adriaan Roth, Ameide, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1890)
• Adriaan Roth, Ameide, Utrecht, Nederland († 1890)
• - Koers, Hasselt († 1889)
• Alphonsus Petrus Antonius Simons, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Joseph ABSIL, Kerkrade, Gemeente Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Gezina Klaasen Prinsen, Baarlo, Ambt Vollenhove († 1889)

• Aaltje Dubbelsdochter SUL (71), Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Sul (71), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaf(g)je Catharina de Haan (79), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Steijaard (83), Middelburg
• Albert Duinkerken (1), Oldebroek, Gld, The Netherlands
• Aaltien Jalvingh (1), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Hazenoot (61), Noordwijk aan Zee,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Leijenhorst (0), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Aaltje Bijker (0), Tuk (Steenwijkerwold)
• Aaltje Bakker (2), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1883 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach († 1967)
• 1885 » Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company († 1973)
• 1886 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1964)
• 1887 » Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1890 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1945)
• 1892 » Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer († 1976)
• 1893 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter († 1943)
• 1893 » Charles Arnison, English lieutenant and pilot († 1974)
• 1893 » Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author († 1961)
• 1893 » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach († 1963)

• 1864 » Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
• 1872 » William Scamp, English architect and engineer (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Wilhelm Mauser, German engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company (b. 1834)
• 1885 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
• 1915 » Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Victoriano Huerta, Mexican military officer and president, 1913–1914 (b. 1850)

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.
• 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.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• 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 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United 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 January 13, 1889 was about -1.2 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.