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• Adriana Kort, Nieuwerkerk Zeeland Nederland († 1929)
• van Arnhem, Tiel
• Aleida Antonia Bax, Bunnik († 1925)
• Albertus Johannes van Veen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Pietersz Zwakman, Barsingerhorn
• Aleida ten Cate ov, Hellendoorn
• Abraham van Doorne, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Albert Duin, Langedijke (Friesland) († 1969)
• Adriana Klijsen, Sprang († 1892)
• Andreas Albertus Johannes (broeder Albertus) van Veen, Den Haag, Nederland († 1964)

• anna marie klaassen (74)
• Anthonet Raaijmakers, Mierlo, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Sofia Osterbrink (67), Osnabrück, Deutschland
• Aaltjen Knol (58), Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen
• Anne Joseph DOUMONT (72), Tamines, 92121, Namur, Belgique
• Adriana Natte, Kerkwerve
• Amanda M. Gephart (30)
• Adriana Natte (72), Kerkwerve
• Adrianus Martinus Jutte (0), Wateringen
• Anna Maria de Heur (76), Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1879 » Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright († 1961)
• 1882 » Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer († 1941)
• 1885 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player († 1968)
• 1885 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author († 1973)
• 1890 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral († 1947)
• 1891 » Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator († 1938)
• 1891 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player († 1920)
• 1893 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor († 1951)
• 1895 » Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1896 » Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1982)

• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)

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.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• 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.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

The temperature on January 15, 1889 was about -7.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.